On 05.02.2018 17:18, Róbert Mulik wrote:
> Hi Ilya,
> 
> As I see you are concerned if the code is working, also Eelco mentioned that 
> the configuration change didn't take effect for him, so I retested the patch.
> 
> I added 2 different types of NICs to OVS on the same server:
> 
> 1
> product: 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
> It uses ixgbe kernel driver by default
> 
> 2
> product: Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+
> It uses i40e kernel driver by default
> 
> In my setup I used a Dell 630 with kernel 4.4.0-111-generic, and used 
> vfio-pci kernel driver for the NICs.
> 
> I monitored the link_state of the dpdk interfaces and the interrupt counters 
> of /proc/interrupts.
> 
> When I changed either the other_config:dpdk-lsc-interrupt part of 
> Open_vSwitch, or the options:dpdk-lsc-interrupt part of the NIC by set or 
> remove,
> the behavior was correct: the link_state always changed when reinitialization 
> was triggered, 


That is the key point. When the reinitialization was actually triggered?
Was it triggered right after changing the other_config:dpdk-lsc-interrupt ?
Or you need some additional manipulations to trigger the actual reconfiguration?

> however there were problems with the counters.
> 
> 1.
> This NIC worked fine, link_state was OK, interrupt counters were incremented 
> as expected.
> 
> 2.
> The link_state was OK, but there were problems with the counters.
> 
> With the X710 series there are a few problems related to the link_state and 
> interrupts known by intel too. The faulty behavior can be caused by the 
> combination of
> the FW of the NIC, the kernel version, the dpdk version, and the i40e kernel 
> driver version (there can be interference between the kernel driver and dpdk 
> driver).
> 
> 
> After the verification, as I see the code works fine (the events triggered 
> when the options are changed), but the XL710 card has problems with the 
> interrupt configuration.
> 
> Eelco, I know that you are working with X710 series cards. Did you test the 
> patch on one of them, or on a different type?
> When (if) you verify the patch, could you please check it on different NICs 
> too?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Regards,
> Robert
> 
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