From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.droids-corp.org (zoll.droids-corp.org [94.23.50.67]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9945D1B1CC for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:00:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from lfbn-lil-1-110-231.w90-45.abo.wanadoo.fr ([90.45.197.231] helo=droids-corp.org) by mail.droids-corp.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eWjgq-0007en-Jt; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:06:45 +0100 Received: by droids-corp.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:00:09 +0100 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:00:09 +0100 From: Olivier Matz To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Ferruh Yigit , Thomas Monjalon , John McNamara , dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20180103140008.6p6lokleyb7cwtfo@platinum> References: <20171121014241.61050-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20171121014241.61050-2-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20171229090749.144f8201@xeon-e3> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171229090749.144f8201@xeon-e3> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] doc: add mbuf reorg to PMD todo list X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:00:22 -0000 Hi, On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 09:07:49AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:42:37 +0000 > Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > > To track modification: > > 8f094a9ac5d7 ("mbuf: set mbuf fields while in pool") > > > > Proposed deadline for PMDs is v18.02 > > > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > > --- > > doc/guides/nics/todo.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++----- > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst b/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst > > index 874811ad5..b408fc691 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/todo.rst > > @@ -36,8 +36,17 @@ This is the list for tracking required PMD changes triggered by library modifica > > > > .. table:: PMDs internal TODO list > > > > - +------+------+----------+----------------+------+ > > - | TODO | PMDs | Deadline | Related Commit | Note | > > - +======+======+==========+================+======+ > > - | | | | | | > > - +------+------+----------+----------------+------+ > > + +-------------------+--------------------------------+----------+----------------+-----------------------------------+ > > + | TODO | PMDs | Deadline | Related Commit | Note | > > + +===================+================================+==========+================+===================================+ > > + | mbuf organisation | | af_packet, ark, avp, bnx2x, | v18.02 | 8f094a9ac5d7 | Remove unnecessary mbuf field | > > + | | | bnxt, bonding, cxgbe, dpaa, | | | initialization. | > > + | | | dpaa2, e1000, ena, | | | | > > + | | | failsafe, fm10k, | | | | > > + | | | kni, mlx4, | | | | > > + | | | mrvl, nfp, octeontx, | | | | > > + | | | pcap, qede, ring, sfc, | | | | > > + | | | softnic, szedata2, tap, | | | | > > + | | | thunderx, vhost, | | | | > > + | | | vmxnet3 | | | | > > + +-------------------+--------------------------------+----------+----------------+-----------------------------------+ > > NAK > > This open source, if the fix is trivial please just fix all the drivers directly now. > These TODO lists never get done. The fix is not that trivial, especially for vector PMDs. It can also impact performance. It looks dangerous for me to blindly do a patch without any hardware to do the test.