Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8] ethdev: fix representor port ID search by name

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 10/11/2021 1:53 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> From: Viacheslav Galaktionov <viacheslav.galaktionov@oktetlabs.ru>
> 
> The patch is required for all PMDs which do not provide representors
> info on the representor itself.
> 
> The function, rte_eth_representor_id_get(), is used in
> eth_representor_cmp() which is required in ethdev class iterator to
> search ethdev port ID by name (representor case). Before the patch
> the function is called on the representor itself and tries to get
> representors info to match.
> 
> Search of port ID by name is used after hotplug to find out port ID
> of the just plugged device.
> 
> Getting a list of representors from a representor does not make sense.
> Instead, a backer device should be used.
> 
> To this end, extend the rte_eth_dev_data structure to include the port ID
> of the backing device for representors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Galaktionov <viacheslav.galaktionov@oktetlabs.ru>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
> Acked-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.