Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] net/failsafe: fix hotplug races

2018-02-12 Thread Matan Azrad
Hi Gaetan From: Gaëtan Rivet, Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 8:33 PM > Hi Matan, > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 05:24:32PM +, Matan Azrad wrote: > > Fail-safe uses periodic alarm mechanism, running from the host thread, > > to manage the hot-plug events of its sub-devices. This management > > r

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] net/failsafe: fix hotplug races

2018-02-12 Thread Gaëtan Rivet
Hi Matan, On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 05:24:32PM +, Matan Azrad wrote: > Fail-safe uses periodic alarm mechanism, running from the host thread, > to manage the hot-plug events of its sub-devices. This management > requires a lot of sub-devices PMDs operations (stop,close,start,etc). > > While the

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] net/failsafe: fix hotplug races

2018-02-11 Thread Matan Azrad
Fail-safe uses periodic alarm mechanism, running from the host thread, to manage the hot-plug events of its sub-devices. This management requires a lot of sub-devices PMDs operations (stop,close,start,etc). While the hot-plug alarm runs in the host thread, the application may call fail-safe operat