[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 5/5] kni: support multiple userspace process working with kni module

[Hemant Agrawal]

On 5/5/2017 6:38 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 5/3/2017 12:21 PM, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
>> in case of multiple application using the same KNI module,
>> protect that one application will only clean it's own devices.
>
> Idea looks OK, but there is already a check in the module that prevents
> /dev/kni opened by more than one process [1], did you already removed
> that limitation? Or is this something else?
>
> [1]
> kni_open(...) {
> ...
> if (test_and_set_bit(KNI_DEV_IN_USE_BIT_NUM, &knet->device_in_use))
> 	return -EBUSY;
> 	...
> }
>

Yes! I have removed that. I will send that in next version.


>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
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