devargs: unify scratch buffer storage

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / include / rte_devargs.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_devargs.h b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_devargs.h
index 296f193..1e595b3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_devargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_devargs.h
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ struct rte_devargs {
        char name[RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
        RTE_STD_C11
        union {
-       /** Arguments string as given by user or "" for no argument. */
-               char *args;
-               const char *drv_str;
+               const char *args; /**< legacy name. */
+               const char *drv_str; /**< driver-related part of device string. */
        };
        struct rte_bus *bus; /**< bus handle. */
        struct rte_class *cls; /**< class handle. */
        const char *bus_str; /**< bus-related part of device string. */
        const char *cls_str; /**< class-related part of device string. */
-       const char *data; /**< Device string storage. */
+       char *data; /**< raw string including bus, class and driver parts. */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -145,6 +144,16 @@ rte_devargs_parsef(struct rte_devargs *da,
                   const char *format, ...)
 __rte_format_printf(2, 0);
 
+/**
+ * Free resources in devargs.
+ *
+ * @param da
+ *   The devargs structure holding the device information.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+void
+rte_devargs_reset(struct rte_devargs *da);
+
 /**
  * Insert an rte_devargs in the global list.
  *