Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx: remove link update lock

2017-01-16 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 1/16/2017 2:03 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 05:44:01PM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote: >> From: Matthieu Ternisien d'Ouville >> >> Retrieving link status information through the link update callback should >> be quick and non-blocking. >> >> Mellanox PMDs retrieve this infor

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx: remove link update lock

2017-01-16 Thread Adrien Mazarguil
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 05:44:01PM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote: > From: Matthieu Ternisien d'Ouville > > Retrieving link status information through the link update callback should > be quick and non-blocking. > > Mellanox PMDs retrieve this information through ioctl() calls on the > related kernel

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx: remove link update lock

2017-01-11 Thread Olivier Matz
From: Matthieu Ternisien d'Ouville Retrieving link status information through the link update callback should be quick and non-blocking. Mellanox PMDs retrieve this information through ioctl() calls on the related kernel netdevice. This appears to take a long time to complete and may cause signi