On 5/23/2018 1:28 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> DPDK apps can be executed as non-root users but current NFP lock
> file for avoiding concurrent accesses to CPP interface is precluding
> this option or requires to modify system file permissions.
>
> When the NFP device is bound to VFIO, this driver does not allow this
> concurrent access, so the lock file is not required at all.
>
> OVS-DPDK as executed in RedHat distributions is the main NFP user
> needing this fix.
>
> Fixes: c7e9729da6b5 ("net/nfp: support CPP")
>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <[email protected]>
Hi Alejandro,
As far as I understand this is to fix a common use case for nfp, but it looks
like there is already a workaround and only for non-root users.
What is the priority of the patch, only critical but fixes allowed at this
point, can we push this one to next release?
Thanks,
ferruh
