Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] timer: allow timer management in shared memory

2018-12-07 Thread Carrillo, Erik G
om; > pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] timer: allow timer management in > shared memory > > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:52:59 -0600 > Erik Gabriel Carrillo wrote: > > > Currently, the timer library uses a per-process table of st

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] timer: allow timer management in shared memory

2018-12-07 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:52:59 -0600 Erik Gabriel Carrillo wrote: > Currently, the timer library uses a per-process table of structures to > manage skiplists of timers presumably because timers contain arbitrary > function pointers whose value may not resolve properly in other > processes. > > How

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] timer: allow timer management in shared memory

2018-12-07 Thread Erik Gabriel Carrillo
Currently, the timer library uses a per-process table of structures to manage skiplists of timers presumably because timers contain arbitrary function pointers whose value may not resolve properly in other processes. However, if the same callback is used handle all timers, and that callback is onl