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+/*-
+ * BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ * Copyright(c) 2017 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
+ * Author: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_ETHDEV_VDEV_H_
+#define _RTE_ETHDEV_VDEV_H_
+
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_vdev.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Allocates a new ethdev slot for an ethernet device and returns the pointer
+ * to that slot for the driver to use.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ * Pointer to virtual device
+ *
+ * @param private_data_size
+ * Size of private data structure
+ *
+ * @return
+ * A pointer to a rte_eth_dev or NULL if allocation failed.
+ */
+static inline struct rte_eth_dev *
+rte_eth_vdev_allocate(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, size_t private_data_size)
+{
+ struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
+ const char *name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
+
+ eth_dev = rte_eth_dev_allocate(name);
+ if (!eth_dev)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (private_data_size) {
+ eth_dev->data->dev_private = rte_zmalloc_socket(name,
+ private_data_size, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+ dev->device.numa_node);
+ if (!eth_dev->data->dev_private) {
+ rte_eth_dev_release_port(eth_dev);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ eth_dev->device = &dev->device;
+ eth_dev->driver = NULL;
+ eth_dev->intr_handle = NULL;
+
+ eth_dev->data->kdrv = RTE_KDRV_NONE;
+ eth_dev->data->numa_node = dev->device.numa_node;
+ eth_dev->data->drv_name = dev->device.driver->name;
+ return eth_dev;
+}
+
+#endif /* _RTE_ETHDEV_VDEV_H_ */