[EXTERNAL] Re: [RFC 2/2] eventdev: add default software vector adapter

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:25:32 +0000
Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:

> > On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:44:36 +0530
> > <pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > +struct sw_vector_adapter_service_data {
> > > +	uint32_t service_id;
> > > +	RTE_ATOMIC(rte_mcslock_t *) lock;
> > > +	RTE_TAILQ_HEAD(, sw_vector_adapter_data) adapter_list;
> > > +};  
> > 
> > Why the indirect pointer to the lock? rather than embedding it in
> > the structure?  
> 
> IIUC, the lock itself is declared and used as a pointer right?
> I looked at examples from test_mcslock.c, and this seemed correct.
> 

Forgot, these locks used linked list of waiters, and root is a pointer.