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[ChristianEhrhardt <1570195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Repro:
OVS-DPDK starting up seems fine initializing my non-blacklisted card
  DPDK_OPTS are '--dpdk -c 0x6 -n 4 --pci-blacklist 0000:00:03.0 -m 2048'
Allowing PMDs on two CPUs consuming 2G of huge pages

Before adding Ports config is done with
ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs=2
ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=0x6

Port is added like:
ovs-vsctl add-port ovsdpdkbr0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk

Two PMDs are seen
dpif_netdev|INFO|Created 2 pmd threads on numa node 0
bridge|INFO|bridge ovsdpdkbr0: added interface dpdk0 on port 1
dpif_netdev(pmd12)|INFO|Core 2 processing port 'dpdk0'
dpif_netdev(pmd13)|INFO|Core 1 processing port 'dpdk0'
  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
26062 root      10 -10 2816828 105612  16328 R 99.9  1.7   1:09.46 pmd12
26061 root      10 -10 2816828 105612  16328 R 99.9  1.7   1:09.42 pmd13


Now I should be in a similar state as you are.

I know the assumption so far was that the reboot (which resets the #queues on the device) might be involved.
But I first wanted to try what changing queues without reboot would do.

Even setting it down from 4 to 3 (remember I only use 2 actively) goes into the block.
ethtool -L eth1 combined 3
=> I can see a hang of the ethtool program

Good thing: at least it seems we can remove the reboot out of our thinking. Just changing #queues with (?OVS?)DPDK attached seems to be very unhappy.
Please note the discussion that could be related: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-April/037443.html

For confirmation @Thiago - does for you also the ethtool program hang,
or the full guest?

Next steps:
- gather debug data on hanging ethtool
- check what happens if we ethtool after we stopped OVS-DPDK (match upstream discussion)
- check what happens if we have testpmd enabled instead of openvswitch-dpdk

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Title:
  Network tools like "ethtool" or "ip" freezes when DPDK Apps are
  running with VirtIO

Status in dpdk package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Guys,

   I'm facing an issue here with both "ethtool" and "ip", while trying
  to manage black-listed by DPDK PCI VirtIO devices.

   You'll need an Ubuntu Xenial KVM guest, with 4 VirtIO vNIC cards, to
  run those tests

   PCI device example from inside a Xenial guest:

  ---
  # lspci | grep Ethernet
  00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
  00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
  00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
  00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
  ---

  Where "ens3" is the first / default interface, attached to Libvirt's
  "default" network. The "ens4" is reserved for "ethtool / ip" tests
  (attached to another Libvirt's network without IPs or DHCP), "ens5"
  will be "dpdk0" and "ens6" "dpdk1"...

  ---
   *** How it works?

   1- For example, try to enable multi-queue on DPDK's devices, boot
  your Xenial guest, and run:

   ethtool -L ens5 combined 4
   ethtool -L ens6 combined 4

   2- Install openvswitch-switch-dpdk configure DPDK and OVS and fire it
  up.

   https://help.ubuntu.com/16.04/serverguide/DPDK.html

   service openvswitch-switch stop
   service dpdk stop

   OVS DPDK Options (/etc/default/openvswitch-switch):

  --
  DPDK_OPTS='--dpdk -c 0x1 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 --pci-blacklist 0000:00:03.0,0000:00:04.0'
  --

   service dpdk start
   service openvswitch-switch start

   - Enable multi-queue on OVS+DPDK inside of the VM:

   ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs=4
   ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=0xff00

   * Multi-queue apparently works! ovs-vswitchd consumes more that 100%
  of CPU, meaning that it multi-queue is there...

   *** Where it fails?

   1- Reboot the VM and try to run ethtool again (or go straight to 2
  below):

   ethtool -L ens5 combined 4

   2- Try to fire up ens4:

   ip link set dev ens4 up

  
   # FAIL! Both commands hangs, consuming 100% of guest's CPU...

   So, it looks like a Linux fault, because it is "allowing" the DPDK
  VirtIO App (a user land App), to interfere with kernel devices in a
  strange way...

  Best,
  Thiago

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: linux-image-4.4.0-18-generic 4.4.0-18.34
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
  AlsaDevices:
   total 0
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 Apr 14 00:35 seq
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Apr 14 00:35 timer
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'fuser'
  CRDA: N/A
  Date: Thu Apr 14 01:27:27 2016
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=833e999c-e066-433c-b8a2-4324bb8d56de
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-07 (7 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160406)
  IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  PciMultimedia:
   
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-18-generic root=UUID=9911604e-353b-491f-a0a9-804724350592 ro
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-18-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-18-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            N/A
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
  dmi.bios.version: Ubuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
  dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-wily
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvrUbuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-wily:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-wily:
  dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-wily
  dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU

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