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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Using rte_ring_mp_xyz() across EAL and non-EAL
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rte_ring_create() needs a socket-id though and seems to be allocating
core-specific memory pools for the ring ? But my non-EAL app thread is
not bound to any core, so now I am wondering if that will work.

Rgds,
Gopa.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Gopakumar Choorakkot Edakkunni
<gopakumar.c.e@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a requirement where one of my non-EAL app threads needs to
> handoff some packets to an EAL task. I was thinking of using
> rte_ring_mp_enqueue/dequeue for that purpose. I looked at the code for
> the rte_ring library and it doesnt look like it has any "EAL"
> dependencies, but I wanted to double confirm that there are no issues
> in using it that way. Dint find much yes/no info about that on the
> mailers/docs. Pls let me know your thoughts.
>
> Rgds,
> Gopa.