[RFC PATCH 01/44] eal: define new functionally distinct config structs

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 29 21:03:48 CEST 2026


On Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:57:53 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:

> +/**
> + * User-provided EAL initialization configuration.
> + * Immutable after initialization, so no need for atomic types or locks.
> + */
> +struct eal_user_cfg {
> +	uint8_t reserved;
> +};
> +

I assume reserved is only placeholder to be clobbered in later patches.
Internal structures should not have reserved fields


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