Hi Pravin,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Pathak, Pravin
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:12 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [dpdk-users] QAT PMD in multi-process mode
> 
> Hi -
> In multi-process model, if same QAT VF is shared between two processes which 
> are spawned from
> separate executables,  primary process give segfault while accessing QAT 
> functions.
> It looks like PMD installs access functions in shared area so when secondary 
> process changes those
> function pointers, they are no longer valid in primary process.
>
http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/cryptodevs/qat.html
states
"Each VF can only be used by one DPDK process. It is not possible to share the 
same VF across multiple processes, even if these processes are using different 
acceleration services."
However, we are currently investigating use of a QAT VF in a primary and 
secondary process - but with some constraints about what can be done in each 
process, e.g. session init in one process and enqueue/dequeue in the other.


> Is QAT PMD going to modified to support this mode in future?
> Regards
> Pravin
> 
> 

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