On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:10:12 +0000 Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Another approach is to modify EAL to never delete driver arguments when a > device is removed. i.e., It doesn't call rte_devargs_remove() on device > removal, instead keep those devargs for the lifetime of the process. Do you > think this is a better approach? This will save work if other drivers want to > cache devargs list for device hot plug events. Agree, that having devargs be smart enough to maintain the list for future hotplug is sensible. Do other drivers that support hotplug have the same issue, or does no one ever use devargs with things like failsafe.
