[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/3] vhost: eventfd_link refactoring

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri Oct 30 20:10:44 CET 2015


2015-10-29 18:33, Xie, Huawei:
> On 10/29/2015 2:34 AM, Pavel Boldin wrote:
> > The patchset contains an attempt at the refactoring the `eventfd_link`
> > kernel module that is used to steal an FD in DPDK.
> >
> > The first patch refactors old EVENTFD_COPY handler fixing the codepath
> > and errors returned from the kernel space. This patch is retained
> > for the backward compatibility.
> >
> > The next one introduces a new more clean implementation of the
> > EVENTFD_COPY2 ioctl that allocates a new fd for the `struct file'
> > being stolen.
> >
> > The last patch uses this new mechanism in the DPDK userspace.
> Pavel:
> Don't forget signoff and version change message next time.
> Or if you have time today, could you send a new version?
> 
> Acked-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie at intel.com>

Applied, thanks


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