From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Billy McFall <bmcfall@redhat.com>
Cc: wenzhuo.lu@intel.com, olivier.matz@6wind.com, dev@dpdk.org,
ferruh.yigit@intel.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 17:20:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8984375.ZHu6gZbrb8@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170324185555.18398-1-bmcfall@redhat.com>
2017-03-24 14:55, Billy McFall:
> See request from 11/21/2016:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-November/050585.html
>
> Add a new API to free consumed buffers on TX ring. This addresses two
> scenarios:
> 1) Flooding a packet and want to reuse existing mbuf to avoid a packet
> copy. Increment the reference count of the packet and poll new API until
> reference count is decremented.
> 2) Application runs out of mbufs, or resets and is preparing for
> additional run, call API to free consumed packets so processing can
> continue.
>
> API will return the number of packets freed (0-n) or error code if
> feature not supported (-ENOTSUP) or input invalid (-ENODEV).
>
> API for e1000 igb driver and vHost driver have been implemented. Other
> drivers can be implemented over time. Some drivers implement a Tx done
> flush routine that should be reused where possible. e1000 igb driver
> and vHost driver do not have such functions.
Applied, thanks.
Hope the API will be implemented in other drivers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-27 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-20 16:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Billy McFall
2017-01-20 16:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-01-20 16:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-01-22 3:47 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-23 13:49 ` Billy McFall
2017-01-24 0:42 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-20 16:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-01-23 15:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Thomas Monjalon
2017-01-23 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Billy McFall
2017-01-23 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-01-23 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-01-23 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-01-27 18:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Billy McFall
2017-01-27 18:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-02-27 13:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-07 14:29 ` Billy McFall
2017-03-07 16:03 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-09 15:49 ` Billy McFall
2017-03-09 17:11 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-07 16:35 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-03-07 16:42 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-01-27 18:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-02-27 13:49 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-02-28 1:07 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-27 18:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-02-27 13:50 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-02-28 6:41 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-03-01 10:15 ` Maxime Coquelin
2017-03-07 21:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-09 20:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Billy McFall
2017-03-09 20:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-03-15 10:29 ` Olivier Matz
2017-03-15 15:01 ` Billy McFall
2017-03-15 10:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-09 20:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-03-13 3:17 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-03-09 20:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-03-15 10:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-15 18:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Billy McFall
2017-03-15 18:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-03-23 10:37 ` Olivier MATZ
2017-03-23 13:32 ` Billy McFall
2017-03-24 12:46 ` Olivier Matz
2017-03-24 13:18 ` Billy McFall
2017-03-24 13:30 ` Olivier Matz
2017-03-15 18:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-03-15 18:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-03-15 20:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Wiles, Keith
2017-03-24 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Billy McFall
2017-03-24 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-03-24 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-03-24 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-03-27 15:20 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2017-04-19 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Ferruh Yigit
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