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From: Andriy Berestovskyy <aber@semihalf.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:57:51 +0200
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] mbuf free cnt not decreasing
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Javier Coleto Fern=C3=A1ndez
<javicoleto44@gmail.com> wrote:
> Basing on what you say, is that return value supposed to be less than 'n'=
 in
> case the ring is filled up or do I have to check the ring size before
> calling rte_eth_tx_burst()?

You just have to check the return value and free the unsent mbufs.
Here is an example:

ret =3D rte_eth_tx_burst(port, queueid, m_table, n);
if (unlikely(ret < n)) {
    do {
        rte_pktmbuf_free(m_table[ret]);
    } while (++ret < n);
}


Regards,
Andiry