Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] only call iopl when necessary

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Huawei,

2014-08-27 10:09, Xie, Huawei:
> ok, as long as we ensure with virtio PMD, the parent DPDK process has the
> iopl permission so that all child threads inherits the permission.

If you think the patch serie is ok, a "Reviewed-by" would be appreciated.

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Thanks
-- 
Thomas


> From: David Marchand [mailto:david.marchand-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 6:05 PM
> To: Xie, Huawei
> Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] only call iopl when necessary
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Xie, Huawei <huawei.xie-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org<mailto:huawei.xie-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>> wrote:
> That is ok. If virtio PMD is a dynamic linked library, is it possible that virtio PMD is loaded later?
> 
> The shared library are loaded through -d option, which are loaded just before the call to rte_eal_dev_init().
> 
> --
> David Marchand