[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: stop link setup alarm handler before device start

[Ilya Maximets]

We should stop alarm handler before resetting the HW to
avoid concurrent device reconfiguration.

Fixes: 0408f47ba4d6 ("net/ixgbe: fix busy polling while fiber link update")
CC: sta...@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maxim...@samsung.com>
---
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index c9e82d515..8148577f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -2549,6 +2549,9 @@ ixgbe_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       /* Stop the link setup handler before resetting the HW. */
+       rte_eal_alarm_cancel(ixgbe_dev_setup_link_alarm_handler, dev);
+
        /* disable uio/vfio intr/eventfd mapping */
        rte_intr_disable(intr_handle);
 
@@ -2731,8 +2734,6 @@ ixgbe_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        if (err)
                goto error;
 
-       ixgbe_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
-
 skip_link_setup:
 
        if (rte_intr_allow_others(intr_handle)) {
@@ -2768,6 +2769,12 @@ ixgbe_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                            "please call hierarchy_commit() "
                            "before starting the port");
 
+       /*
+        * Update link status right before return, because it may
+        * start link configuration process in a separate thread.
+        */
+       ixgbe_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
+
        return 0;
 
 error:
@@ -5061,6 +5068,9 @@ ixgbevf_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
        PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
+       /* Stop the link setup handler before resetting the HW. */
+       rte_eal_alarm_cancel(ixgbe_dev_setup_link_alarm_handler, dev);
+
        err = hw->mac.ops.reset_hw(hw);
        if (err) {
                PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Unable to reset vf hardware (%d)", err);
@@ -5096,8 +5106,6 @@ ixgbevf_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
        ixgbevf_dev_rxtx_start(dev);
 
-       ixgbevf_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
-
        /* check and configure queue intr-vector mapping */
        if (rte_intr_cap_multiple(intr_handle) &&
            dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq) {
@@ -5135,6 +5143,12 @@ ixgbevf_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        /* Re-enable interrupt for VF */
        ixgbevf_intr_enable(dev);
 
+       /*
+        * Update link status right before return, because it may
+        * start link configuration process in a separate thread.
+        */
+       ixgbevf_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
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2.17.1