net/mlx5: fix external memory registration

[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / mlx5 / mlx5_mr.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c
index 3718877..e7f55be 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ mlx5_mr_update_ext_mp_cb(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *opaque,
        struct mlx5_mr_cache entry;
        uint32_t lkey;
 
+       assert(rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY);
        /* If already registered, it should return. */
        rte_rwlock_read_lock(&priv->mr.rwlock);
        lkey = mr_lookup_dev(dev, &entry, addr);
@@ -1400,6 +1401,15 @@ mlx5_tx_update_ext_mp(struct mlx5_txq_data *txq, uintptr_t addr,
        struct mlx5_mr_ctrl *mr_ctrl = &txq->mr_ctrl;
        struct mlx5_priv *priv = txq_ctrl->priv;
 
+       if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+               DRV_LOG(WARNING,
+                       "port %u using address (%p) from unregistered mempool"
+                       " having externally allocated memory"
+                       " in secondary process, please create mempool"
+                       " prior to rte_eth_dev_start()",
+                       PORT_ID(priv), (void *)addr);
+               return UINT32_MAX;
+       }
        mlx5_mr_update_ext_mp(ETH_DEV(priv), mr_ctrl, mp);
        return mlx5_tx_addr2mr_bh(txq, addr);
 }