Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] dpif-netdev: End the quiescent state for flow offloading thread.

2018-11-02 Thread Stokes, Ian
> On 01.11.2018 3:30, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 06:44:09PM +0300, Ilya Maximets wrote: > >> Flow offloading thread uses concurrent hash maps which are based on > >> rcu protected variables. It must use them while in active state. > >> Working in a quiescent state could cause

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] dpif-netdev: End the quiescent state for flow offloading thread.

2018-11-01 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 01.11.2018 3:30, Flavio Leitner wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 06:44:09PM +0300, Ilya Maximets wrote: >> Flow offloading thread uses concurrent hash maps which are >> based on rcu protected variables. It must use them while in >> active state. Working in a quiescent state could cause >> segmen

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] dpif-netdev: End the quiescent state for flow offloading thread.

2018-10-31 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 06:44:09PM +0300, Ilya Maximets wrote: > Flow offloading thread uses concurrent hash maps which are > based on rcu protected variables. It must use them while in > active state. Working in a quiescent state could cause > segmentation faults because of possible cmap internal

[ovs-dev] [PATCH] dpif-netdev: End the quiescent state for flow offloading thread.

2018-10-31 Thread Ilya Maximets
Flow offloading thread uses concurrent hash maps which are based on rcu protected variables. It must use them while in active state. Working in a quiescent state could cause segmentation faults because of possible cmap internal structure changes. Fixes: 02bb2824e51d ("dpif-netdev: do hw flow offlo