From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: "Stephen Hemminger" <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
stable@dpdk.org, "Marat Khalili" <marat.khalili@huawei.com>,
"Bruce Richardson" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
"Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 09/14] test: add file-prefix for all fast-tests on Linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:50:25 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260122005356.1168221-10-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260122005356.1168221-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
When running tests in parallel on systems with many cores, multiple test
processes collide on the default "rte" file-prefix, causing EAL
initialization failures:
EAL: Cannot allocate memzone list: Device or resource busy
EAL: Cannot init memzone
This occurs because all DPDK tests (including --no-huge tests) use
file-backed arrays for memzone tracking. These files are created at
/var/run/dpdk/<prefix>/fbarray_memzone and require exclusive locking
during initialization. When multiple tests run in parallel with the
same file-prefix, they compete for this lock.
The original implementation included --file-prefix for Linux to
prevent this collision. This was later removed during test
infrastructure refactoring.
Restore the --file-prefix argument for all fast-tests on Linux,
regardless of whether they use hugepages. Tests that exercise
file-prefix functionality (like eal_flags_file_prefix_autotest)
spawn child processes with their own hardcoded prefixes and use
get_current_prefix() to verify the parent's resources, so they work
correctly regardless of what prefix the parent process uses.
Fixes: 50823f30f0c8 ("test: build using per-file dependencies")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Marat Khalili <marat.khalili@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
app/test/suites/meson.build | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/app/test/suites/meson.build b/app/test/suites/meson.build
index 1010150eee..4c815ea097 100644
--- a/app/test/suites/meson.build
+++ b/app/test/suites/meson.build
@@ -85,11 +85,15 @@ foreach suite:test_suites
if nohuge
test_args += test_no_huge_args
elif not has_hugepage
- continue #skip this tests
+ continue # skip this test
endif
if not asan and get_option('b_sanitize').contains('address')
continue # skip this test
endif
+ if is_linux
+ # use unique file-prefix to allow parallel runs
+ test_args += ['--file-prefix=' + test_name.underscorify()]
+ endif
if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
test_args += ['-d', dpdk_drivers_build_dir]
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-22 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-18 20:09 [PATCH 0/6] test: fix sporadic failures on high core count systems Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 1/6] test: add pause to synchronization spinloops Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 2/6] test: fix timeout for atomic test on high core count systems Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 3/6] test: fix race condition in ELF load tests Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-19 11:42 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-20 0:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-20 10:30 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-19 18:24 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 4/6] test: fix unsupported BPF instructions in elf load test Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-19 11:43 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 5/6] test: add file-prefix for all fast-tests on Linux Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-19 13:06 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-19 14:01 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-01-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 6/6] test: fix trace_autotest_with_traces parallel execution Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-19 13:13 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-20 0:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-20 11:36 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 00/14] test: fix test failures on high cores Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] test: add pause to synchronization spinloops Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] test: scale atomic test based on core count Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] test/mcslock: scale test based on number of cores Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 10:41 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-01-27 20:31 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] test/stack: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] test/timer: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] test/bpf: fix error handling in ELF load tests Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] test/bpf: fix unsupported BPF instructions in ELF load test Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 10:33 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] test/bpf: skip ELF test if null PMD disabled Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-23 11:56 ` Marat Khalili
2026-01-22 0:50 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] test: fix trace_autotest_with_traces parallel execution Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] test/eventdev: skip test if eventdev driver disabled Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 20:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-23 9:06 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] test/pcapng: skip test if null driver missing Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] test/vdev: skip test if no null PMD Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-22 0:50 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] test/bpf: pass correct size for Rx/Tx load tests Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-23 11:50 ` Marat Khalili
2026-03-05 16:39 ` [PATCH v3 00/14] test: fix test failures on high cores David Marchand
2026-03-05 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] test: fix test failures on high core count systems Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] test: add pause to synchronization spinloops Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] test/atomic: scale test based on core count Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] test/mcslock: scale test based on number of cores Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] test/stack: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] test/timer: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] test/timer: replace volatile with C11 atomics Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] test: add file-prefix for all fast-tests on Linux Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] test: fix trace_autotest_with_traces parallel execution Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] test/bpf: fix error handling in ELF load tests Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] test/bpf: fix unsupported BPF instructions in ELF load test Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-05 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] test/bpf: pass correct size for Rx/Tx load tests Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-17 13:28 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] test: fix test failures on high core count systems Thomas Monjalon
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