On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:05:10 +0800 fengchengwen <fengcheng...@huawei.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > > On 2023/11/14 0:27, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:45:39 +0800 > > Jie Hai <haij...@huawei.com> wrote: > > > >> Multiple threads calling the same function may cause condition > >> race issues, which often leads to abnormal behavior and can cause > >> more serious vulnerabilities such as abnormal termination, denial > >> of service, and compromised data integrity. > > > > This code is only called in startup and can not be called by > > multiple threads. > > For the DPDK examples and apps, I think it's OK if it called in startup then > may not need replace. > > But as for lib and drivers, I think we shouldn't make such an assumption. > > At last I also recommend fix the examples and apps, because people may refer > it. For startup of libs and driver initialization the code is always single threaded. If not many, many other things would break.
