[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 3/6] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Jul 30 02:58:01 CEST 2020


Correct terminolgy here is primary process.
This is a bug in original doc.

Fixes: fc1f2750a3ec ("doc: programmers guide")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/thread_safety_dpdk_functions.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/thread_safety_dpdk_functions.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/thread_safety_dpdk_functions.rst
index 0f539db2b869..5618e25e47fb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/thread_safety_dpdk_functions.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/thread_safety_dpdk_functions.rst
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ rather than subsequently in the forwarding threads.
 However, the DPDK performs checks to ensure that libraries are only initialized once.
 If initialization is attempted more than once, an error is returned.
 
-In the multi-process case, the configuration information of shared memory will only be initialized by the master process.
-Thereafter, both master and secondary processes can allocate/release any objects of memory that finally rely on rte_malloc or memzones.
+In the multi-process case, the configuration information of shared memory will only be initialized by the primary process.
+Thereafter, both primary and secondary processes can allocate/release any objects of memory that finally rely on rte_malloc or memzones.
 
 Interrupt Thread
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-- 
2.27.0



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