[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/24] ethdev: enable hotplug on multi-process

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 26-Jun-18 1:58 PM, Zhang, Qi Z wrote:
> 
> my understand is peer is identified by a string (or filename)
> what I mean is clone the content of the buffer that peer point to ,
> So I don't need to worry if the original peer be used to point to some other data
> 

As far as the application is concerned, peer is an opaque pointer, and 
should be treated as such. Peeking behind a void pointer that is not 
designed for this purpose is not a good idea, even if technically you 
know what's in there.

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Thanks,
Anatoly