On 10/19/2017 07:00 PM, Fischetti, Antonio wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stokes, Ian >> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:22 PM >> To: Fischetti, Antonio <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v8 0/6] netdev-dpdk: Fix mempool management and >> other cleanup. >> >>> Patch #1, #2 and #4 contain the fixes. > > [Antonio] Further to previous line: patches #1 and #2 do fix the issues we > saw: > - issue with vhostuserclient in a PVP test > - issue of new MTU not displayed when an existing mempool is returned. > - issue with the NUMA-Aware usecase > > All other patches #3, #4, #5 and #6 are small improvements or just clean-up > that we > could even skip at all. > Actually patch #4 is not just a clean-up, it's managing an unlikely event > that > 'might' happen (I've never seen it), that's why I promoted it as a 'fix' in > the > line above. > > So just the first 2 patches are needed to fix the mempool issues. >
Agreed. Let's not hold these 2 up if there are more comments/changes needed on the other patches, as these 2 fix commonly used functionality that is broken. thanks, Kevin > >>> All other patches in this series are a clean up for code readability or >>> small improvements. >>> >> >> Hi Antonio, if the fixes are in patches 1 2 and 4 is there a reason they have >> not been grouped in a patchset and patch 1,2,3? >> >> The other patches could be applied separately afterwards? > > [Antonio] Patches #1 and #2 are the ones needed to fix the issues. > All other patches are clean-up/small improvement, that could be optionally > applied. I think it's better to apply them in the given order. > > >> >>> List of versions: >>> - v8: >>> - Debug message rephrased in patch #2. >>> - Reworked patch #4 for snprintf error code. >>> - Comments in patch #6 moved into patch #1. >>> >>> - v7: >>> - Restored 2 separate patches for the 2 fixes. >>> - patch #1: detect when previous mempools must be released. >>> - patch #2: mempool name generation for NUMA-awareness test case. >>> - patch "netdev-dpdk: manage empty mempool names." renamed as >>> "netdev-dpdk: manage failure in mempool name creation." >>> - Various rework based on comments. >>> >>> - v6: >>> - patches #1 and #2 squashed into one. >>> - Reworked to consider the latest comments. >>> - tested the release of pre-existing mempools (reported by Ciara L.) >>> - tested the change of MTU when an existing mempool is returned >>> (reported by Robert M.) >>> - tested the NUMA-Awareness usecase (reported by Ciara L.) >>> - v5: manage new MTU value when a pre-existing mempool is returned. >>> - v4: fix NUMA awareness usecase >>> - v3: avoid deletion of pre-existing mempools >>> - v2: rework to accomodate code changes for dpdk ports too >>> - v1: 1st implementation. >>> >>> Fischetti, Antonio (6): >>> netdev-dpdk: fix management of pre-existing mempools. >>> Fix mempool names to reflect socket id. >>> netdev-dpdk: skip init for existing mempools. >>> netdev-dpdk: manage failure in mempool name creation. >>> netdev-dpdk: Reword mp_size as n_mbufs. >>> netdev-dpdk: Rename dpdk_mp_put as dpdk_mp_free. >>> >>> lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- >>> ----- >>> 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) >>> >>> -- >>> 2.4.11 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
