19/01/2018 14:57, Neil Horman: > > > I specifically pointed that out above. There is no reason an owernship > > > record > > > couldn't be added to the rte_eth_dev structure. > > > > Sorry, don't understand why. > > > Because, thats the resource your trying to protect, and the object you want to > identify ownership of, no?
No The rte_eth_dev structure is the port representation in the process. The rte_eth_dev_data structure is the port represenation across multi-process. The ownership must be in rte_eth_dev_data to cover multi-process protection.
