[SPDK] Re: vfio multiple processes

Ah, that's a limitation I introduced together with DPDK 18.11 support. SPDK keeps vfio handles open because they may be required for a secondary process. There's room for improvement, but the current state is probably going to stay for a while.

D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stojaczyk, Dariusz <dariusz.stojaczyk(a)intel.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2020 10:14 AM
> To: Storage Performance Development Kit <spdk(a)lists.01.org>
> Subject: [SPDK] Re: vfio multiple processes
> 
> TBH I'm not sure the whitelist should be required. Sounds like a bug, I'll take a
> look.
> 
> D.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nabarro, Tom <tom.nabarro(a)intel.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2020 3:00 PM
> > To: Storage Performance Development Kit <spdk(a)lists.01.org>
> > Subject: [SPDK] Re: vfio multiple processes
> >
> > Resolved by adding pci whitelist into spdk_env_opts.
> > Adding whitelist into nvme.conf was not sufficient.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tom Nabarro - DCG/ESAD
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> >
> > From: Nabarro, Tom
> > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 12:42 PM
> > To: 'Storage Performance Development Kit' <spdk(a)lists.01.org>
> > Subject: vfio multiple processes
> >
> > Can't run multiple SPDK processes each accessing disjoint set of NVMe drives
> > using VFIO driver (even as root). Each process seems to try to access all
> > /dev/vfio/* device files and get lots of resource busy messages. Sometimes
> > one of the processes complaint it can't find the device it's been assigned in
> > nvme.conf.
> >
> > Have any ideas?
> > (processes are started in normal, non-multiprocess mode)
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tom Nabarro BEng (hons)
> > Extreme Storage Architecture & Development
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