[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] ethdev: add helper functions to get eth_dev and dev private data

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-02-17 14:20, Ferruh Yigit:
> This is to provide abstraction and reduce global variable access.
> 
> Global variable rte_eth_devices kept exported to not break ABI.
> 
> Bonding driver not selected on purpose, just it seems it is using 
> rte_eth_devices heavily.
> 
> There are a few more usage in drivers but they left as it is because they
> are in fast path code.

What is the benefit of these functions if you do not plan to remove the
global variables later?

Anyway this discussion targets the release 16.07.