Hi,
1. When calling rte_eth_dev_stop mbuf pool is depleted. There appears to be a race condition that occurs when RTE_IXGBE_INC_VECTOR is defined: ixgbe_reset_rx_queue(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, struct ixgbe_rx_queue *rxq) { ??. #ifdef RTE_IXGBE_INC_VECTOR rxq->rxrearm_start = 0; >>>>>>>>sleep here appears to solve rxq->rxrearm_nb = 0; #endif Behaviour also described here: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/users/2016-April/000488.html 2. Steps to recreate issue: * rte_mempool_free_count * rte_eth_dev_stop * rte_mempool_free_count - should see a spike in allocated mbufs from mempool. 3. 2 workarounds that appear to work: * Set CONFIG_RTE_IXGBE_INC_VECTOR=n. * Add sleep in ixgbe_reset_rx_queue Regards. Ori Zakin