[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] fix RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_RET

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri Feb 5 10:43:09 CET 2016


Hi,

2016-01-05 16:34, Reshma Pattan:
> From: reshmapa <reshma.pattan at intel.com>
> 
> Patches 1 and 2 removes RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET and
> RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_RET macro usage from rte_ether and rte_cryptodev libraries to allow API
> access to secondary process.

I don't understand the use case.
What is the role of the primary process if queues are configured by
the secondary process?
You have not answered to Michael:
	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-December/030811.html

Other question first asked by Michael
	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-December/030777.html
There are some comments asserting that it is not safe for secondary.
And your answer was it is safe for vdev? And what about PCI devices?


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