[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] devargs: make devargs_list private

[Gaetan Rivet]

Initially, rte_devargs was meant to be populated once and sometimes
accessed, then never emptied.

With the new hotplug functionality having better standing, new usage
appeared with repeated addition of devices and their subsequent removal.

Exposing devargs_list pushed bus drivers and libraries to be careless
and inconsistent in their memory management. Making it private will
allow to rationalize this part of the EAL and ensure that fewer memory leaks
occur during operations.

Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map   | 1 -
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c      | 3 +++
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h     | 6 ------
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map | 1 -
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map 
b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 610db67..91621b1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
        global:
 
        __rte_panic;
-       devargs_list;
        eal_parse_sysfs_value;
        eal_timer_source;
        lcore_config;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c 
b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
index e0e47e8..2b20ce0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 #include <rte_tailq.h>
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
+/** user device double-linked queue type definition */
+TAILQ_HEAD(rte_devargs_list, rte_devargs);
+
 /** Global list of user devices */
 struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list =
        TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(devargs_list);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h 
b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
index 5ca5a32..d07810f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ struct rte_devargs {
        char *args;
 };
 
-/** user device double-linked queue type definition */
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_devargs_list, rte_devargs);
-
-/** Global list of user devices */
-extern struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list;
-
 /**
  * Parse a devargs string.
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map 
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index c1bc704..6595b64 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
        global:
 
        __rte_panic;
-       devargs_list;
        eal_parse_sysfs_value;
        eal_timer_source;
        lcore_config;
-- 
2.1.4