On 15/01/2020 12:47, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 1/15/2020 10:58 AM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
>> On 14/01/2020 19:51, Rasesh Mody wrote:
>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>
>>>> From: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 10:52 AM
>>>>
>>>> On 14/01/2020 04:51, Jerin Jacob wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 7:12 AM Rasesh Mody <rm...@marvell.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Skip the device re-initialization for secondary process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cc: sta...@dpdk.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Correct Cc: to sta...@dpdk.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is it a fix, or secondary process was not intended to be supported
>>>> previously?
>>>> If it is a fix, please provide the Fixed commit (will save Ferruh
>>>> searching for it).
>>>
>>> Secondary process was not intended to be supported previously. So it is ok
>>> to not backport the change to all ongoing stable releases.
>>
>> Thanks for confirming.
>>
>>> However, the change has been tested with DPDK 19.11, I am wondering if it
>>> can be pulled in that stable tree.
>>
>> Cc Luca
>>
>>> Please see below the fixline tag.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 540a211084a7 ("bnx2x: driver core")
>>>
>>
>> Fixes tag won't be needed now as you've confirmed the code was doing
>> what it was intending to do.
>
> Since there is a request to backport this into 19.11, I was planning to add
> the
> fixes tag (stable tag is already there) but will it confuse the 18.11 because
> the commit in fixes line is older than 18.11?
>
I think it should not have a Fixes tag. In this case there is nothing
being fixed, just a new feature being added/supported. It will be picked
up as a candidate for stable branches through the cc: stable, from there
it can be discussed.
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Rasesh
>>>>
>>>>> Applied to dpdk-next-net-mrvl/master. Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rm...@marvell.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c | 5 +++++
>>>>>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
>>>>>> b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
>>>>>> index 20b045ff87..7864b5b80a 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethdev.c
>>>>>> @@ -598,6 +598,11 @@ bnx2x_common_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev
>>>>>> *eth_dev, int is_vf)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eth_dev->dev_ops = is_vf ? &bnx2xvf_eth_dev_ops :
>>>>>> &bnx2x_eth_dev_ops;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> + if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
>>>>>> + PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, sc, "Skipping device init from secondary
>>>> process");
>>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>>> + }
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> rte_eth_copy_pci_info(eth_dev, pci_dev);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sc->pcie_bus = pci_dev->addr.bus;
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 2.18.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
