[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] bus/vdev: add custom scan hook

[Thomas Monjalon]

05/12/2017 14:56, Tan, Jianfeng:
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> On 12/5/2017 4:41 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
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> > 05/12/2017 09:27, Tan, Jianfeng:
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> > > On 12/4/2017 5:31 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
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> > > > The hook is in bus->scan().
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> > > > I think we should launch a bus scan when there is a new device event.
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> > > That's what I'm trying to say. We finally need to execute a handler as
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> > > of a device event to finish the job.
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> > Please be more specific, I am not sure to understand.
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> By the handler, I mean when we monitor the udev by select/poll/epoll and 
> device uevents come, the application will execute a handler (or just a 
> function) for each of such uevent. Then why not adding the vdev there?

Because it must work for hotplug, and initial scan too.
We can also think to application requiring a manual scan.
The bus scan is the right place to have every scans called. That's simple.