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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
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05/12/2017 20:26, Neil Horman:
> I get that much of dpdk relies on the fact that the application either handles
> all the locking, or architects itself so that a single thread of execution (or
> at least only one thread at a time), is responsible for packet processing and
> port configuration.

Yes, for now, configuration is synchronized at application level.
It is a constraint for applications.
It may be an issue for multi-process applications,
or for libraries aiming some device management.

The first obvious bug to fix is race in device allocation.
It will become more real with hotplug support.