[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: add field for device data per process

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Tue Oct 16 10:27:56 CEST 2018


On 10/15/2018 3:47 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 10/15/18 5:11 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>> Primary and secondary processes share a per-device private data. With
>> current design it is not possible to have data per-device per-process.
>> This is required for handling properly the CPP interface inside the NFP
>> PMD with multiprocess support.
>>
>> There is also at least another PMD driver, tap, with similar
>> requirements for per-process device data.
>>
>> v2:
>>   - changing library version
>>   - report shared library change in release notes
>>
>> v3:
>>   - fix shared library version
>>
>> v4:
>>   - fix release notes
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero at netronome.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>


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