From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ferruh Yigit Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] ethdev: add field for device data per process Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:34:14 +0100 Message-ID: <9596cdfe-e34d-a0c7-ff6a-0840f6e60d08@intel.com> References: <1539612662-871-1-git-send-email-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Andrew Rybchenko , Alejandro Lucero , dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4BBF32A5 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:34:17 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 10/16/2018 9:27 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 10/15/2018 3:47 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: >> On 10/15/18 5:11 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote: >>> Primary and secondary processes share a per-device private data. With >>> current design it is not possible to have data per-device per-process. >>> This is required for handling properly the CPP interface inside the NFP >>> PMD with multiprocess support. >>> >>> There is also at least another PMD driver, tap, with similar >>> requirements for per-process device data. >>> >>> v2: >>> - changing library version >>> - report shared library change in release notes >>> >>> v3: >>> - fix shared library version >>> >>> v4: >>> - fix release notes >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero >> >> Reviewed-by: Andrew Rybchenko > > Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.