Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-web] DPDK Programmer's Guide :ERRATA

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-web] DPDK Programmer's Guide :ERRATA

[Thomas Monjalon]

Thanks for the comments.
I did not look at this doc but I'm sure Honnappa will have answers.

Note: you may want to update the doc yourself by making a patch for the DPDK git.

Rerouting this email to dpdk-dev and adding Honnappa.

26/01/2020 19:46, prateekag:
> Dear,
> 
> I am currently going through the DPDK programmer's guide 20.02-rc1 updated on 
> January 21, 2020, as a part of my Master's Project.
> I found the following errors in the documentation.
>   a) In section 5.1 (What is quiescent state): In paragraph 5, The line "So 
> reader thread 1 will not have a reference to the deleted entry" should be 
> replaced with "So reader thread 3 will not have a reference to the deleted 
> entry." We are talking about reader thread 3 and its behavior in this 
> paragraph and not reader thread 1."
> b) If what I am thinking is right, this one is a much serious error.
> In section 6.5.3 Multiple Producers enqueue Figure 6.10, the global 
> prod_head(ring-> prod_head) should point one place to the right of the obj5 
> (i.e. shift it from its current position to one place right)
> As in third step, core 2 CAS is successful as mention in the text.
> If I am not mailing to the correct mailing list, kindly forward the message 
> to the correct mailing list.
> 
> Regards
> Prateek Agarwal

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-web] DPDK Programmer's Guide :ERRATA

[Honnappa Nagarahalli]

Thanks Prateek for the comments. Agree with both the corrections. Would you like to submit a patch?

Thanks,
Honnappa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 3:36 PM
> To: prateekag <prateekag@cse.iitb.ac.in>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-web] DPDK Programmer's Guide :ERRATA
> 
> Thanks for the comments.
> I did not look at this doc but I'm sure Honnappa will have answers.
> 
> Note: you may want to update the doc yourself by making a patch for the
> DPDK git.
> 
> Rerouting this email to dpdk-dev and adding Honnappa.
> 
> 26/01/2020 19:46, prateekag:
> > Dear,
> >
> > I am currently going through the DPDK programmer's guide 20.02-rc1
> > updated on January 21, 2020, as a part of my Master's Project.
> > I found the following errors in the documentation.
> >   a) In section 5.1 (What is quiescent state): In paragraph 5, The
> > line "So reader thread 1 will not have a reference to the deleted
> > entry" should be replaced with "So reader thread 3 will not have a
> > reference to the deleted entry." We are talking about reader thread 3
> > and its behavior in this paragraph and not reader thread 1."
> > b) If what I am thinking is right, this one is a much serious error.
> > In section 6.5.3 Multiple Producers enqueue Figure 6.10, the global
> > prod_head(ring-> prod_head) should point one place to the right of the
> > obj5 (i.e. shift it from its current position to one place right) As
> > in third step, core 2 CAS is successful as mention in the text.
> > If I am not mailing to the correct mailing list, kindly forward the
> > message to the correct mailing list.
> >
> > Regards
> > Prateek Agarwal
> 
>