> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lukasz Wojciechowski <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 5:32 AM
> To: Phil Yang <[email protected]>; Harry van Haaren
> <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob
> <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; nd <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix lcore state bug
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
> W dniu 29.04.2020 o 17:07, Phil Yang pisze:
> > Hi Lukasz,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dev <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lukasz Wojciechowski
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:22 AM
> >> To: Harry van Haaren <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob
> >> <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]
> >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix lcore state bug
> >>
> >> The rte_service_lcore_reset_all function stops execution of services
> >> on all lcores and switches them back from ROLE_SERVICE to ROLE_RTE.
> >> However the thread loop for slave lcores (eal_thread_loop) distincts
> these
> >> roles to set lcore state after processing delegated function.
> >> It sets WAIT state for ROLE_SERVICE, but FINISHED for ROLE_RTE.
> >> So changing the role to RTE before stopping work in slave lcores
> >> causes lcores to end in FINISHED state. That is why the rte_eal_lcore_wait
> >> must be run after rte_service_lcore_reset_all to bring back lcores to
> >> launchable (WAIT) state.
> > Is that make sense to call rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore() inside
> rte_serice_lcore_reset_all() ?
> 
> yeah, I thought about it and in my opinion the answer is no, because if
> the function run on slave lcore is in FINISHED state it means, that
> someone can still read the value returned by the function and the only
> one who can be interested in the value is the one that delegated the
> service.
> 
> If we will wait for lcores to end their jobs, read the values and switch
> them to WAIT state, the values will be lost. The application might need
> to read them. We cannot take this possibility from it.

Yeah. I think that is a good point.

Reviewed-by: Phil Yang <[email protected]>

> 
> > <snip>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Phil
> 
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> 
> Lukasz Wojciechowski
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> 
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