From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120F4A04FB for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:42:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED531DE92; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:41:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f194.google.com (mail-pl1-f194.google.com [209.85.214.194]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A971DE92 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:41:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f194.google.com with SMTP id ay11so2122365plb.0 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:41:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=pEFn+8vfs9qRgxtR2h0k9AIjBqSGZ8/qdjHppFIUMGM=; b=J2vSy5s6H6DiybaaKRj0gnl018Lj+07Uo/xxCBu0yWkTQMUgb4o7qzNPiIwsS39kPZ AbEEAJLJv8i6ZsCGAVIHv0uCI8BHRdpOIzIQ6ww0uhW2lBujATRfK0r/IvMFZHl5H9R4 7uEyOJixiJLj8HCj5nelNnGtwUNRmgxCBhWtdj71HofH1ohw5h0F0n7xgc88wj2r8fuJ BbaQUjI/LamgcVHyi7NN/ZRNbFaPF3b47r09SA/Ul1kzYmTSE15L5ZLA2+fdBkeYh5WR VWrCjsyDVdx5W1ezyA2muqAvALGW5e3a+LXCwa15gvHuTfNaSTiJLg1CCLsW6Gw/oLPp N7Ew== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=pEFn+8vfs9qRgxtR2h0k9AIjBqSGZ8/qdjHppFIUMGM=; b=nnGSsr631tR5enqHLO6YTF4mWN/psWA/L8PKUmoUL6hHIfPt9GEawpHTfkdrLpmnI4 QsrEg17nMlsx/qwyPovT00+Yq1Oxr5g4hqilEqHJL7zcys7U4j8kLVh1kf+ZhOrEXWlq f0qtffvwGs87tVq1Ojj/lvu3K08OG8unBPddyu8IchaxqRodgts6hnaEeitIpcNUUVwK Ys2eTGqYt4sKUGMttjhYkpCumjcUrwDIIySeL9O2nt7aA0Ttz2OklKxwrEG06LvsZOPM qSZvf3Pl8pIKFUk/7r8+WHJacnlIAcdZkR9e0qntXzkCfyYBJSiYYN+sBxc9051jmYfS FLoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUX52LrBMbDdIvBCLSd+WFhWMEs/JOy4PLJr4fpTPsB6A0Ehkxw WS4gpbz/cJo6Cb1/WlXn8O+33g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx9xPWx7sGqfwI/YukmmE8xf480Un332zlIPbjnt3hKOqwu8+CNpE8vI9qbHYPAxpXS/umfcg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:ead3:: with SMTP id ev19mr13005791pjb.80.1578764516607; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:41:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c68sm7749483pfc.156.2020.01.11.09.41.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:41:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:41:47 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Cc: , , , , , , , , , , , , , Message-ID: <20200111094147.35c1ea59@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: <20200111133410.2077135-1-jerinj@marvell.com> References: <20191219134227.3841799-1-jerinj@marvell.com> <20200111133410.2077135-1-jerinj@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mempool: fix mempool obj alignment for non x86 X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:04:10 +0530 wrote: > -#define MEMPOOL_F_NO_SPREAD 0x0001 /**< Do not spread among memory channels. */ > +#define MEMPOOL_F_NO_SPREAD 0x0001 > +/**< Do not spread among memory channels. It is a hint to the library, > + * library honor this hint only when, if it is required by the > + * (micro) architecture. > + */ That text is awkward for me to read. There maybe other reasons in future for mempool to ignore the flag. I prefer the minor change original comment as: > -#define MEMPOOL_F_NO_SPREAD 0x0001 /**< Spreading among memory channels not required. */