[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/11] ethdev: add lock to port allocation check

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 9 May 2018 14:21:17 +0200
Gaëtan Rivet <gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com> wrote:

> A suggestion about the naming here.
> Reading subsequent patches, we can see this function being used during
> ethdev allocation routines. The _lock_free suffix is a little
> misleading, as for an instant one can think that there is something
> being freed about an allocated ethdev lock.
> 
> I would suggest
> 
>   * rte_eth_dev_allocated_nolock
>     or
>   * rte_eth_dev_allocated_lockless
>     (or even rte_eth_lockless_dev_allocated)
> 
> instead.

Personally, used to the convention of:
    rte_eth_dev_find(name)
and
    _rte_eth_dev_find(name)

The _ implies internal version without lock.

Also allocated to me implies a boolean test only.