[RFC PATCH 23/44] eal: move devopt_list staging list into user_cfg

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Apr 29 18:58:15 CEST 2026


The file-static devopt_list in eal_common_options.c holds device
options (-a/-b/--vdev) staged during arg parsing for later consumption
by eal_option_device_parse(). Rather than holding this data as statics,
store it in the user_cfg struct.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 21 ++++++---------------
 lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index dc6f4643c4..71fc69e80d 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -289,18 +289,6 @@ static const char *default_solib_dir = RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
 RTE_PMD_EXPORT_SYMBOL(const char, dpdk_solib_path)[] =
 "DPDK_PLUGIN_PATH=" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
 
-TAILQ_HEAD(device_option_list, device_option);
-
-struct device_option {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(device_option) next;
-
-	enum rte_devtype type;
-	char arg[];
-};
-
-static struct device_option_list devopt_list =
-TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(devopt_list);
-
 /* Returns rte_usage_hook_t */
 rte_usage_hook_t
 eal_get_application_usage_hook(void)
@@ -438,6 +426,7 @@ eal_clean_saved_args(void)
 static int
 eal_option_device_add(enum rte_devtype type, const char *arg)
 {
+	struct eal_user_cfg *user_cfg = eal_get_user_configuration();
 	struct device_option *devopt;
 	size_t arglen;
 	int ret;
@@ -456,25 +445,26 @@ eal_option_device_add(enum rte_devtype type, const char *arg)
 		free(devopt);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&devopt_list, devopt, next);
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&user_cfg->devopt_list, devopt, next);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int
 eal_option_device_parse(void)
 {
+	struct eal_user_cfg *user_cfg = eal_get_user_configuration();
 	struct device_option *devopt;
 	void *tmp;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(devopt, &devopt_list, next, tmp) {
+	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(devopt, &user_cfg->devopt_list, next, tmp) {
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			ret = rte_devargs_add(devopt->type, devopt->arg);
 			if (ret)
 				EAL_LOG(ERR, "Unable to parse device '%s'",
 					devopt->arg);
 		}
-		TAILQ_REMOVE(&devopt_list, devopt, next);
+		TAILQ_REMOVE(&user_cfg->devopt_list, devopt, next);
 		free(devopt);
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -498,6 +488,7 @@ eal_reset_internal_config(void)
 	struct eal_runtime_state *runtime_state = eal_get_runtime_state();
 	int i;
 
+	TAILQ_INIT(&user_cfg->devopt_list);
 	user_cfg->memory = 0;
 	user_cfg->force_nrank = 0;
 	user_cfg->force_nchannel = 0;
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h b/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
index 47af403c27..4decc26d2c 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #ifndef EAL_INTERNAL_CFG_H
 #define EAL_INTERNAL_CFG_H
 
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_os_shim.h>
 #include <rte_pci_dev_feature_defs.h>
@@ -54,11 +57,23 @@ struct hugepage_file_discipline {
 	bool unlink_existing;
 };
 
+/**
+ * A single device option (-a/-b/--vdev) staged during arg parsing.
+ * Lives in user_cfg->devopt_list; drained by eal_option_device_parse().
+ */
+struct device_option {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(device_option) next;
+	enum rte_devtype type;
+	char arg[];
+};
+TAILQ_HEAD(eal_devopt_list, device_option);
+
 /**
  * User-provided EAL initialization configuration.
  * Immutable after initialization, so no need for atomic types or locks.
  */
 struct eal_user_cfg {
+	struct eal_devopt_list devopt_list; /**< staged device options (-a/-b/--vdev) */
 	size_t memory;           /**< amount of asked memory */
 	size_t huge_worker_stack_size; /**< worker thread stack size */
 	enum rte_proc_type_t process_type; /**< requested process type */
-- 
2.51.0



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