[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] ethdev: add port ownership

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Jan 19 18:09:47 CET 2018


19/01/2018 15:32, Neil Horman:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 03:07:28PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 19/01/2018 14:57, Neil Horman:
> > > > > I specifically pointed that out above.  There is no reason an owernship record
> > > > > couldn't be added to the rte_eth_dev structure.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, don't understand why.
> > > >
> > > Because, thats the resource your trying to protect, and the object you want to
> > > identify ownership of, no?
> > 
> > No
> > The rte_eth_dev structure is the port representation in the process.
> > The rte_eth_dev_data structure is the port represenation across multi-process.
> > The ownership must be in rte_eth_dev_data to cover multi-process protection.
> > 
> Ok.   You get the idea though right?  That the port representation,
> for some definition thereof, should embody the ownership state.
> Neil

Not sure to understand your question.


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