On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:48:57 +0000 Suanming Mou <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>; Suanming Mou > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: make flow API primary/secondary process safe > > > > Posix mutex are not by default safe for protecting for usage from multiple > > processes. The flow ops mutex could be used by both primary and secondary > > processes. > > Process safe is something more widely scope. I assume it should be another > feature but not a bugfix for thread-safe? > And the fag RTE_ETH_DEV_FLOW_OPS_THREAD_SAFE we have added is just thread > safe. > OK, that makes sense. Is this in the documentation?
