Two additional input along with Jianfeng's existing comments;
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> From: Tan, Jianfeng
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 5:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH V16 3/4] eal/linux: uevent parse and process
>
> BTW, adding new .c file needs to update meson.build now.
>
> On 3/26/2018 7:20 PM, Jeff Guo wrote:
> > In order to handle the uevent which have been detected from the kernel
> > side, add uevent parse and process function to translate the uevent into
> > device event, which user has subscribe to monitor.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Guo <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > 1.move all linux specific together
> > ---
> > lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c | 214
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 211 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
>
> > +static bool monitor_not_started = true;
This variable should be named "monitor_started", as it is a static var it will
be zero by default,
and the following code is easier to read:
if ( !not_started ) becomes if (started)
> > int __rte_experimental
> > rte_dev_event_monitor_start(void)
> > {
> > - /* TODO: start uevent monitor for linux */
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + if (!monitor_not_started)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + intr_handle.fd = dev_uev_monitor_fd_new();
> > + intr_handle.type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_DEV_EVENT;
dev_uev_monitor_fd_new() can return -1 on error, we should check for that case
here.
