[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/10] 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/common/eal_common_devargs.c  | 3 +++
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 6 ------
 lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map          | 1 -
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c 
b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
index c6c5eabcf..a7f374cfa 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #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 aba31481b..e48cc3cf2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ 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/rte_eal_version.map 
b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 02a040a8b..8dab46ba6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_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;
-- 
2.11.0