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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:51:02 +0200
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On 10/08/2015 05:32 PM, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
> Hi Yuanhan,
>
>
> As I understand, the dead loop happened here (virtio_send_command):
> while (vq->vq_used_cons_idx == vq->vq_ring.used->idx) {
>        rte_rmb();
>        usleep(100);
> }
>
> Could you explain why wrong config reading caused that and how correct reading helps to avoid?
>
Hi,

I just recognized that this dead loop is the same one that I have 
experienced (see 
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-October/024737.html for reference). 
Just applying the changes in this patch (only 07/12) will not fix the 
dead loop at least in my setup.

Best regards,

Steffen