I think this patch should be swapped with the next commit
"ethdev: add doxygen comments for each state",
While the comment about "DEFERRED" would be edited in this one to become:
/** The deferred state is deprecated and replaced by ownership. */
^^^^^^^^^^
Otherwise I agree that the device state is not to be used anymore.
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 11:43:28AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The iterator function rte_eth_find_next_owned_by(), used by the
> iterator macro RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV_OWNED_BY, are ignoring the devices
> which are neither ATTACHED nor REMOVED. Thus sub-devices, having
> the state DEFERRED, cannot be seen with the ethdev iterator.
> The state RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED can be replaced by
> RTE_ETH_DEV_ATTACHED + owner.
>
> Fixes: dcd0c9c32b8d ("net/failsafe: use ownership mechanism for slaves")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c
> b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c
> index ee89236f1..ce767703f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ fs_bus_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> SUB_ID(sdev) = i;
> sdev->fs_dev = dev;
> sdev->dev = ETH(sdev)->device;
> - ETH(sdev)->state = RTE_ETH_DEV_DEFERRED;
> sdev->state = DEV_PROBED;
> }
> return 0;
> --
> 2.16.2
>
--
Gaëtan Rivet
6WIND
