[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] vdpa/sfc: introduce Xilinx vDPA driver

[Vijay Kumar Srivastava]

Hi Stephen,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 9:07 PM
>To: Vijay Kumar Srivastava <vsrivast at xilinx.com>
>Cc: dev at dpdk.org; maxime.coquelin at redhat.com; chenbo.xia at intel.com;
>andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru; Vijay Kumar Srivastava <vsrivast at xilinx.com>
>Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] vdpa/sfc: introduce Xilinx vDPA driver
>
>On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 22:14:09 +0530
>Vijay Srivastava <vijay.srivastava at xilinx.com> wrote:
>
>> +static pthread_mutex_t sfc_vdpa_adapter_list_lock =
>PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
>> +
>
>Why do you need a pthread_mutex when simple DPDK spin lock will do?
rte_spinlock_lock is being used in the subsequent patches. 
Only for the adapter list (sfc_vdpa_adapter_list)  pthread_mutex is being used.

Regards,
Vijay