Querying link status may get delayed for an undeterministic (long) time
with mlx5 ports. This is a consequence of the mlx5 driver calling ethtool
kernel API and getting stuck on the kernel RTNL lock while some other
operation is in progress under this lock.
One impact for long link status query is
David Marchand, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:48:
Querying link status may get delayed for an undeterministic (long) time
with mlx5 ports. This is a consequence of the mlx5 driver calling ethtool
kernel API and getting stuck on the kernel RTNL lock while some other
operation is in progress under this lock.
David Marchand, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:48:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5ae0108d55..1e19beb793 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Post-v3.3.0
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git
- DPDK:
* OVS validated with DPDK 23.11.1.
+ * Link status changes are now handled via i
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 2:48 AM David Marchand
wrote:
>
> Querying link status may get delayed for an undeterministic (long) time
> with mlx5 ports. This is a consequence of the mlx5 driver calling ethtool
> kernel API and getting stuck on the kernel RTNL lock while some other
> operation is in pr
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:40 AM Robin Jarry wrote:
>
> David Marchand, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:48:
> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index 5ae0108d55..1e19beb793 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Post-v3.3.0
> > https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git
> > - DPDK:
> >
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:17 AM Robin Jarry wrote:
>
> David Marchand, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:48:
> > Querying link status may get delayed for an undeterministic (long) time
> > with mlx5 ports. This is a consequence of the mlx5 driver calling ethtool
> > kernel API and getting stuck on the kernel RT
