Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: add field for device data per process

2018-10-16 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 10/16/2018 9:27 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 10/15/2018 3:47 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: >> On 10/15/18 5:11 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote: >>> Primary and secondary processes share a per-device private data. With >>> current design it is not possible to have data per-device per-process. >>> This i

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: add field for device data per process

2018-10-16 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 10/15/2018 3:47 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote: > On 10/15/18 5:11 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote: >> Primary and secondary processes share a per-device private data. With >> current design it is not possible to have data per-device per-process. >> This is required for handling properly the CPP interfac

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: add field for device data per process

2018-10-15 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 10/15/18 5:11 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote: Primary and secondary processes share a per-device private data. With current design it is not possible to have data per-device per-process. This is required for handling properly the CPP interface inside the NFP PMD with multiprocess support. There i

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: add field for device data per process

2018-10-15 Thread Alejandro Lucero
Primary and secondary processes share a per-device private data. With current design it is not possible to have data per-device per-process. This is required for handling properly the CPP interface inside the NFP PMD with multiprocess support. There is also at least another PMD driver, tap, with s