Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] kni: fix mbuf allocation for alloc FIFO

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

24/06/2021 03:55, Ajit Khaparde:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 5:44 AM wangyunjian <wangyunjian@huawei.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
> >
> > In kni_allocate_mbufs(), we alloc mbuf for alloc_q as this code.
> > allocq_free = (kni->alloc_q->read - kni->alloc_q->write - 1) \
> >                 & (MAX_MBUF_BURST_NUM - 1);
> > The value of allocq_free maybe zero, for example :
> > The ring size is 1024. After init, write = read = 0. Then we fill
> > kni->alloc_q to full. At this time, write = 1023, read = 0.
> >
> > Then the kernel send 32 packets to userspace. At this time, write
> > = 1023, read = 32. And then the userspace receive this 32 packets.
> > Then fill the kni->alloc_q, (32 - 1023 - 1) & 31 = 0, fill nothing.
> > ...
> > Then the kernel send 32 packets to userspace. At this time, write
> > = 1023, read = 992. And then the userspace receive this 32 packets.
> > Then fill the kni->alloc_q, (992 - 1023 - 1) & 31 = 0, fill nothing.
> >
> > Then the kernel send 32 packets to userspace. The kni->alloc_q only
> > has 31 mbufs and will drop one packet.
> >
> > Absolutely, this is a special scene. Normally, it will fill some
> > mbufs everytime, but may not enough for the kernel to use.
> >
> > In this patch, we always keep the kni->alloc_q to full for the kernel
> > to use.
> >
> > Fixes: 49da4e82cf94 ("kni: allocate no more mbuf than empty slots in queue")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cheng Liu <liucheng11@huawei.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
> > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>

Applied, thanks