Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/17] net/ionic: register and initialize the adapter

[Alfredo Cardigliano <cardigliano@ntop.org>]

> On 10 Dec 2019, at 19:50, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/9/2019 9:46 PM, Alfredo Cardigliano wrote:
>> Register the Pensando ionic PMD (net_ionic) and define initial probe
>> and remove callbacks with adapter initialization.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alfredo Cardigliano <cardigliano@ntop.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@pensando.io>
> 
> <...>
> 
>> +/*
>> + * There is no room in struct rte_pci_driver to keep a reference
>> + * to the adapter, using a static list for the time being.
>> + */
>> +static LIST_HEAD(ionic_pci_adapters_list, ionic_adapter) ionic_pci_adapters =
>> +		LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(ionic_pci_adapters);
>> +static rte_spinlock_t ionic_pci_adapters_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
> 
> As described in previous version of the patchset, it is possible to remove the
> PMD maintained list of adapters, is there any benefit to keep it?

I will try to implement the approach you recommended. If that looks messy, 
is it a problem to keep this static list?

Thank you
Alfredo