[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/27] Replace references to master and slave

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Mon Jul 13 14:33:28 CEST 2020


On 01-Jul-20 9:23 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> This set of patches changes the API and conventions around referring
> to DPDK lcores. The first patch changes rte_get_master_lcore_id
> and related calls. The rest fix the DPDK to use the new naming.
> 
> Buried in the documentation set are a couple of patches where
> we were using incorrect naming around primary/secondary process.
> 
> This will could/should be flagged as an API policy violation
> since new API is jumping the queue of EXPERIMENTAL. But we can
> vote on the exception.
> 
> The one area left to be fixed is the bonding device.
> 

I am not too sure about the "initial" core term, it doesn't strike me as 
immediately obvious as to what "initial" core does. Perhaps "main" lcore 
would be more descriptive?

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly


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