Probably someone with some experience with the DPDK code.  My feeling
is that Daniele or Pravin would be appropriate.  Wouldn't mind if
someone from Intel had a look too.

Ethan

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> Who should review it?  Daniele?  Pravin?
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 04:34:39PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
>> Sure, Melvin could you add that to the next version you send out
>> (after this version is reviewed).
>>
>> Ethan
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
>> > I understand now.  I recommend adding a Co-authored-by, then, to make
>> > that clear.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 04:29:55PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
>> >> Sort of.  Helped with the creation of the patch a bit so I figured I
>> >> should add a sign off.  Someone other than me should review it for
>> >> this reason.
>> >>
>> >> Ethan
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
>> >> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 01:51:46PM -0700, Melvin Walls wrote:
>> >> >> In order for OVS running inside a VM using IVSHMEM to recognize ports 
>> >> >> created
>> >> >> on the host, you have to start vswitchd with the --proc-type=secondary 
>> >> >> EAL
>> >> >> option.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> When creating rings in secondary processes functions like
>> >> >> rte_eth_dev_configure() fail with the error code E_RTE_SECONDARY, 
>> >> >> i.e., the
>> >> >> operations are not allowed in secondary processes. Avoiding this 
>> >> >> requires some
>> >> >> changes to the way secondary processes handle dpdk rings.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This patch changes dpdk_ring_create() to use rte_ring_lookup() instead 
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> rte_ring_create() when called from a secondary process. It also 
>> >> >> introduces two
>> >> >> functions: netdev_dpdk_ring_rxq_recv() and netdev_dpdk_ring_send__() 
>> >> >> to handle
>> >> >> tx/rx on dpdk rings in secondary processes.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Melvin Walls <mwall...@gmail.com>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <et...@nicira.com>
>> >> >
>> >> > These sign-offs are weird.  Ethan, is this Signed-off-by meant to be an
>> >> > Acked-by from you?
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