Hi Jeff Can you detail more in the commit log that we can understand the deadlock scenario. And how does this commit fix it?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Guo <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 8:07 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; Thomas > Monjalon <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Matan Azrad <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Subject: [PATCH 1/3] eal: fix lock issue for hot-unplug > > This patch will add missing unlock for hot-unplug handler, without this patch > potential dead lock will occur when device be hotplug-in after device be hot- > unplugged. > > Fixes: 0fc54536b14a ("eal: add failure handling for hot-unplug") > Signed-off-by: Jeff Guo <[email protected]> > --- > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c | 12 ++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c > b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c > index d589c69..2830c86 100644 > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c > @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param) > if (bus == NULL) { > RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot find bus (%s)\n", > busname); > - return; > + goto failure_handle_err; > } > > dev = bus->find_device(NULL, cmp_dev_name, @@ > -266,19 +266,23 @@ dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param) > if (dev == NULL) { > RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot find device (%s) > on " > "bus (%s)\n", uevent.devname, > busname); > - return; > + goto failure_handle_err; > } > > ret = bus->hot_unplug_handler(dev); > - rte_spinlock_unlock(&failure_handle_lock); > if (ret) { > RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Can not handle hot- > unplug " > "for device (%s)\n", dev->name); > - return; > } > + rte_spinlock_unlock(&failure_handle_lock); > } > rte_dev_event_callback_process(uevent.devname, > uevent.type); > } > + > + return; > + > +failure_handle_err: > + rte_spinlock_unlock(&failure_handle_lock); > } > > int __rte_experimental > -- > 2.7.4

