From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gaetan Rivet Subject: [PATCH v3 07/10] devargs: make devargs list private Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:20:08 +0100 Message-ID: <0cba341b51ad8533a4c8accf87e1171fac8595fd.1521587199.git.gaetan.rivet@6wind.com> References: Cc: Gaetan Rivet To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f195.google.com (mail-wr0-f195.google.com [209.85.128.195]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE024726F for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:20:42 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wr0-f195.google.com with SMTP id 80so2323606wrb.2 for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:20:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: References: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Initially, rte_devargs was meant to be populated once and sometimes accessed, then never emptied. With the new hotplug functionality having better standing, new usage appeared with repeated addition of devices and their subsequent removal. Exposing devargs_list pushed bus drivers and libraries to be careless and inconsistent in their memory management. Making it private will allow to rationalize this part of the EAL and ensure that fewer memory leaks occur during operations. Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet --- lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c | 3 +++ lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 6 ------ lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map | 1 - 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c index c6c5eabcf..a7f374cfa 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ #include #include "eal_private.h" +/** user device double-linked queue type definition */ +TAILQ_HEAD(rte_devargs_list, rte_devargs); + /** Global list of user devices */ struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(devargs_list); diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h index aba31481b..e48cc3cf2 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h @@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ struct rte_devargs { char *args; }; -/** user device double-linked queue type definition */ -TAILQ_HEAD(rte_devargs_list, rte_devargs); - -/** Global list of user devices */ -extern struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list; - /** * Parse a devargs string. * diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map index 02a040a8b..8dab46ba6 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map +++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 { global: __rte_panic; - devargs_list; eal_parse_sysfs_value; eal_timer_source; lcore_config; -- 2.11.0