* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/rel-notes: lock-free RW concurrency in hash
@ 2018-10-24 4:49 Honnappa Nagarahalli
2018-10-26 10:55 ` Thomas Monjalon
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From: Honnappa Nagarahalli @ 2018-10-24 4:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bruce.richardson, pablo.de.lara.guarch
Cc: dev, yipeng1.wang, honnappa.nagarahalli, gavin.hu, dharmik.thakkar, nd
Add lock-free reader/writer concurrency capability in rte_hash library
to release notes.
Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin.hu@arm.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index 04f3745..2b3f23d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ New Features
this application doesn't need to launch dedicated worker threads for vhost
enqueue/dequeue operations.
+* **Add lock free reader/writer concurrency to hash library (rte_hash)**
+
+ Lock free reader/writer concurrency prevents the readers from getting
+ blocked due to a pre-empted writer thread. This allows the hash library
+ to be used in scenarios where the writer thread runs on control plane.
API Changes
-----------
--
2.7.4
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