[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] ethdev: add port ownership

[Neil Horman]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 06:09:47PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 19/01/2018 15:32, Neil Horman:
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 03:07:28PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 19/01/2018 14:57, Neil Horman:
> > > > > > I specifically pointed that out above.  There is no reason an owernship record
> > > > > > couldn't be added to the rte_eth_dev structure.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry, don't understand why.
> > > > >
> > > > Because, thats the resource your trying to protect, and the object you want to
> > > > identify ownership of, no?
> > > 
> > > No
> > > The rte_eth_dev structure is the port representation in the process.
> > > The rte_eth_dev_data structure is the port represenation across multi-process.
> > > The ownership must be in rte_eth_dev_data to cover multi-process protection.
> > > 
> > Ok.   You get the idea though right?  That the port representation,
> > for some definition thereof, should embody the ownership state.
> > Neil
> 
> Not sure to understand your question.
> 
There is no real question here, only confirming that we are saying the same
thing.  I misspoke when I indicated ownership information should be embodied in
rte_eth_dev rather than its shared data.  But regardless, the concept is the
same

Neil