2016-10-06 17:48, Bernard Iremonger: > @@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_callback_unregister(uint8_t port_id, > > void > _rte_eth_dev_callback_process(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, > - enum rte_eth_event_type event) > + enum rte_eth_event_type event, void *cb_arg) > { > struct rte_eth_dev_callback *cb_lst; > struct rte_eth_dev_callback dev_cb; > @@ -2519,6 +2519,9 @@ _rte_eth_dev_callback_process(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, > continue; > dev_cb = *cb_lst; > cb_lst->active = 1; > + if (cb_arg != NULL) > + dev_cb.cb_arg = (void *) cb_arg; > + > rte_spinlock_unlock(&rte_eth_dev_cb_lock); > dev_cb.cb_fn(dev->data->port_id, dev_cb.event, > dev_cb.cb_arg); [...] > @@ -3047,6 +3048,11 @@ typedef void (*rte_eth_dev_cb_fn)(uint8_t port_id, \ > * @param cb_arg > * Pointer to the parameters for the registered callback. > * > + * The cb_arg must not be NULL if the application requires > + * data to be returned when the callback is processed. > + * For the RTE_ETH_EVENT_VF_MBOX data is returned to the > + * application.
This comment is wrong. You should say that the user data is overwritten in the case of RTE_ETH_EVENT_VF_MBOX. And you should point to where the meaning of this parameter is documented (ixgbe.h) or document it here.