[PATCH v4 2/2] eal: initialize shared plugins on Windows

Dmitry Kozlyuk dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com
Fri Jan 26 00:04:39 CET 2024


2024-01-08 15:38 (UTC-0800), Tyler Retzlaff:
> When EAL is built with MSVC it is possible to dynamically load plugins
> on Windows. Hook eal_plugins_init into rte_eal_init if built with MSVC
> and provide code to load plugins on Windows.

Windows implementation does not check directory permissions like its Unix
counterpart does. I don't insist on porting it, because this feature is not
documented and is more like a safety net.
Just making sure this is a conscious decision and not an oversight.

Acked-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>


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