[ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Feb 26, 2017, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time (12pm EST) - Minutes

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Merged + build: OFED-4.8-2-20180305-0641.tgz


Regards,

Vladimir


On 03/05/2018 04:33 AM, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
> Hello Michal,
>
> Great progress, kudos to the team for a quick resolution. I concur, let's test before we roll RC3.
>
> Vlad, please pull these fixes into new daily build so Brendan can test.
>
> Arlin
>
>   
>> Hi Arlin,
>>
>> We've been working with Brendan on this and were able to reproduce on
>> our setups fix, and test locally.
>> There are three commits (2 fix the issue and 1 fix was exposed that our data
>> collection had an issue)
>> 2 out of the 3 fixes have already been upstream in official linux revisions.
>> one of the fixes can't go through next as is as the code varies quite a bit.
>>
>> Brendan will only be able to fully verify the fix Monday / Tuesday.
>>
>> The commits that need to be pulled are in my github:
>>
>> https://github.com/mkalderon/ofed-compat-
>> rdma/commit/f20134d8f4736c6ce30975bb920cf64c2ec4248d
>> https://github.com/mkalderon/ofed-compat-
>> rdma/commit/171235eb14bf2a7bccd28650470c44807ea644e4
>> https://github.com/mkalderon/ofed-compat-
>> rdma/commit/4c5949ba5d075d814e30dc18bd4cdd71b45c972f
>>
>> I would prefer Brendan gave this a test before rc-3. But I understand we're
>> on a tight timeframe.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Michal
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Davis, Arlin R <arlin.r.davis at intel.com>
>> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 9:50 PM
>> To: ewg at lists.openfabrics.org
>> Cc: Kalderon, Michal; Woodruff, Robert J; Vladimir Sokolovsky; Amrani, Ram;
>> Rahman, Ameen
>> Subject: RE: OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Feb 26, 2017, 09:00 AM US Pacific
>> Time (12pm EST) - Minutes
>>
>> Quick update on RC3..
>>
>> Broadcom has all critical bugs fixed and included in a new daily build.
>> Thanks!
>> http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.8-2-daily/OFED-4.8-2-
>> 20180228-1121.tgz
>>
>>
>> Our final blocking item is a critical "perftest hang" issue on a Cavium
>> QL45412 RoCE adapter.
>>
>> Bug 2674<http://bugs.openfabrics.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2674>
>> "Unable to complete RDMA applications (perftest)".
>>
>> Michal, can we please get an ETA for the fix or a "won't fix" disposition so
>> we can push forward with RC3?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Arlin
>>
>> From: ewg [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Davis,
>> Arlin R
>> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 1:04 PM
>> To: ewg at lists.openfabrics.org
>> Subject: [ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Feb 26, 2017, 09:00 AM US Pacific
>> Time (12pm EST) - Minutes
>>
>> Attendees:
>>
>> Rupert Dance                    SW Forge
>> Pradeep Kankipati            Broadcom
>> Robert Woodruff              Intel
>> Arlin Davis                         Intel
>> Michal Kalderon               Cavium
>> Vladimir Sokolovsky         Mellanox
>>
>>
>> Minutes:
>>
>>
>>
>> ·        Opens
>>
>> o   Broadcom's RC1 validation testing uncovered new critical bug. Fix is in the
>> works, would like to get fix into 4.8-2
>>
>> §  Broadcom will open new bug with details. (FIO stress test caused hang)
>>
>>
>>
>> ·        OFED 4.8-2 RC2 status:  http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-
>> 4.8-2/OFED-4.8-2-rc2.tgz
>>
>> o   Release Notes:
>> http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/release_notes/OFED_4.8-2-rc2-
>> release_notes
>>
>> o   Test Status:
>>
>> §  Intel - RC2 build/validation (mlx4/5) RH 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 SLES 12.1, 12.2,
>> 12.3 - Passed
>>
>> §  VMware - RC2 validation complete - Passed
>>
>> §  IWG interop results - new sightings for Cavium (perftest) and Broadcom
>> (FW update?).
>>
>> ·        Rupert will work with Cavium/Broadcom to get OFED inbox driver
>> versions passing.
>>
>> ·        Note: for PF 33 RoCE interop, we prefer to use OFED inbox instead of
>> out-of-box drivers.
>>
>> o   Bugs:
>>
>> §  All - please open new bugs for any new sighting
>>
>>
>>
>> ·        OFED 4.8-2 GA --  Not ready
>>
>> o   RC3 needed for new Broadcom bug and to get PF33 RoCE interop tests
>> passing with OFED inbox drivers.
>>
>>
>>
>> ·        OFED next
>>
>> o   No discussion, OFED 4.8-2 going to RC3.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Arlin
>>
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