09/02/2021 21:10, Pai G, Sunil: > Hi Bruce, > > Thanks for the fix. > I do see the issue mentioned when using DPDK shared libs with OVS and this > patch fixes it. > > However, I saw the issue only for system installed DPDK but not for directory > installed DPDK. > > > > I saw this issue with OVS, where I was getting weird failures about ports > > not > > being bound (in case of physical ports) or not being created (in case of > > virtio > > ports), when using a shared build. Since it's potentially serious, I'd > > appreciate > > if someone can reproduce the issue and verify the fix so we can consider it > > for 21.02 inclusion. > > > > To demonstrate this with regular DPDK, do a usual build of DPDK and then do > > "ninja install" to install system-wide. Then build an example app, e.g. > > l2fwd, using "make" from the examples/l2fwd directory. Running the > > example normally, e.g. ./build/l2fwd -c F00, leads to no drivers being > > loaded > > or ports being found. Adding "-d /path/to/drivers" e.g. > > "/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dpdk/pmds-21.1" on my system works as > > expected. This shows the driver loading is not correct. > > > > After applying this patch and re-running "ninja install", l2fwd should run > > the > > same with and without the "-d" flag. > > > > /Bruce > > Tested-by: Sunil Pai G <sunil.pa...@intel.com>
Applied, thanks
