From: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
To: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Cc: Jan Viktorin <viktorin@rehivetech.com>,
"Hunt, David" <david.hunt@intel.com>,
Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:43:10 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160610111301.GA3743@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <575A6C68.3090007@6wind.com>
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 09:29:44AM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 06/09/2016 03:09 PM, Jan Viktorin wrote:
> >>> My suggestion is to have an additional flag,
> >>> 'MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC', which, if specified, would:
> >>>
> >>> ... #define MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET 0x0008 #define
> >>> MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC 0x0010 ...
> >>>
> >>> in rte_mempool_create_empty: ... after checking the other
> >>> MEMPOOL_F_* flags...
> >>>
> >>> if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC) rte_mempool_set_ops_byname(mp,
> >>> RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_OPS)
> >>>
> >>> And removing the redundant call to rte_mempool_set_ops_byname()
> >>> in rte_pktmbuf_create_pool().
> >>>
> >>> Thereafter, rte_pktmbuf_pool_create can be changed to:
> >>>
> >>> ... mp = rte_mempool_create_empty(name, n, elt_size, cache_size,
> >>> - sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private), socket_id, 0);
> >>> + sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private), socket_id, +
> >>> MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC); if (mp == NULL) return NULL;
> >>
> >> Yes, this would simplify somewhat the creation of a pktmbuf pool,
> >> in that it replaces the rte_mempool_set_ops_byname with a flag bit.
> >> However, I'm not sure we want to introduce a third method of
> >> creating a mempool to the developers. If we introduced this, we
> >> would then have: 1. rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() 2.
> >> rte_mempool_create_empty() with MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC set (which
> >> would use the configured custom handler) 3.
> >> rte_mempool_create_empty() with MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC __not__ set
> >> followed by a call to rte_mempool_set_ops_byname() (would allow
> >> several different custom handlers to be used in one application
> >>
> >> Does anyone else have an opinion on this? Oliver, Jerin, Jan?
> >
> > I am quite careful about this topic as I don't feel to be very
> > involved in all the use cases. My opinion is that the _new API_
> > should be able to cover all cases and the _old API_ should be
> > backwards compatible, however, built on top of the _new API_.
> >
> > I.e. I think, the flags MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT, MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET (relicts
> > of the old API) should be accepted by the old API ONLY. The
> > rte_mempool_create_empty should not process them.
>
> The rte_mempool_create_empty() function already processes these flags
> (SC_GET, SP_PUT) as of today.
>
> > Similarly for a potential MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC, I would not polute the
> > rte_mempool_create_empty by this anymore.
>
> +1
>
> I think we should stop adding flags. Flags are prefered for independent
> features. Here, what would be the behavior with MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC +
> MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT?
+1
MEMPOOL_F_PKT_ALLOC introduced only for legacy application to make it
work with external pool manager. If we are not taking that path(and
expects applications to change) then IMO we can we have proper mempool
create API to accommodate the external pool and deprecate
rte_mempool_create/rte_mempool_xmem_create
like,
1) Remove 10 to 15 arguments pool create and make it as structure(more
forward looking)
2) Remove flags
3) Have the same API for external and internal mempool create and
differentiate through handler through "name". NULL can be default
mempool handler(MPMC)
>
> Another reason to not add this flag is the rte_mempool library
> should not be aware of mbufs. The mbuf pools rely on mempools, but
> not the contrary.
>
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Thread overview: 237+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-26 17:25 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-01-26 17:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] mempool: add external mempool manager support David Hunt
2016-01-28 17:52 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-02-03 14:16 ` Hunt, David
2016-02-04 13:23 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-02-04 14:52 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-02-04 16:47 ` Hunt, David
2016-02-08 11:02 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-02-04 17:34 ` Hunt, David
2016-02-05 9:26 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-03-01 13:32 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-04 9:05 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-03-08 10:04 ` Hunt, David
2016-01-26 17:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] memool: add stack (lifo) based external mempool handler David Hunt
2016-01-26 17:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] mempool: add custom external mempool handler example David Hunt
2016-01-28 17:54 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-01-26 17:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] mempool: add autotest for external mempool custom example David Hunt
2016-01-26 17:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] mempool: allow rte_pktmbuf_pool_create switch between memool handlers David Hunt
2016-02-05 10:11 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-01-28 17:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] add external mempool manager Jerin Jacob
2016-01-29 13:40 ` Hunt, David
2016-01-29 17:16 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] " David Hunt
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] mempool: add external mempool manager support David Hunt
2016-02-16 19:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-dev, " Jan Viktorin
2016-02-19 13:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Olivier MATZ
2016-02-29 11:11 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-04 9:04 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] mempool: add stack (lifo) based external mempool handler David Hunt
2016-02-19 13:31 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-02-29 11:04 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-04 9:04 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-03-08 20:45 ` Venkatesan, Venky
2016-03-09 14:53 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] mempool: adds a simple ring-based mempool handler using mallocs for objects David Hunt
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] mempool: add autotest for external mempool custom example David Hunt
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] mempool: allow rte_pktmbuf_pool_create switch between memool handlers David Hunt
2016-02-16 14:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] mempool: add in the RTE_NEXT_ABI protection for ABI breakages David Hunt
2016-02-19 13:33 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-02-19 13:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] external mempool manager Olivier MATZ
2016-02-29 10:55 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-09 9:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] " David Hunt
2016-03-09 9:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] mempool: add external mempool manager support David Hunt
2016-04-11 22:52 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-09 9:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] mempool: add custom mempool handler example David Hunt
2016-03-09 9:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] mempool: allow rte_pktmbuf_pool_create switch between memool handlers David Hunt
2016-03-09 10:54 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-03-09 11:38 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-09 11:44 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-03-09 9:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] mempool: add in the RTE_NEXT_ABI for ABI breakages David Hunt
2016-03-09 10:46 ` Panu Matilainen
2016-03-09 11:30 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-09 14:59 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-03-09 16:28 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-09 16:31 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-03-09 16:39 ` Hunt, David
2016-03-09 11:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] external mempool manager Hunt, David
2016-04-11 22:46 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-04-14 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] " Olivier Matz
2016-04-14 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] mempool: support external handler Olivier Matz
2016-04-14 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] app/test: test external mempool handler Olivier Matz
2016-04-14 13:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] mbuf: get default mempool handler from configuration Olivier Matz
2016-05-19 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] mempool: external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-05-19 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] mempool: support external handler David Hunt
2016-05-23 12:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-dev,v5,1/3] " Jan Viktorin
2016-05-24 14:04 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-31 9:09 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-31 12:06 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-05-31 13:47 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-31 20:40 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-01 9:39 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-01 12:30 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-05-24 15:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] " Jerin Jacob
2016-05-27 9:52 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-27 10:33 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-05-27 14:44 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-30 9:41 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-05-30 11:27 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-31 8:53 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-05-31 15:37 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-31 16:03 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-05-31 20:41 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-05-31 21:11 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-06-01 10:46 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-01 11:18 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-05-19 13:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] app/test: test external mempool handler David Hunt
2016-05-23 12:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-dev, v5, " Jan Viktorin
2016-05-31 9:17 ` Hunt, David
2016-05-31 12:14 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-05-31 20:40 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-05-19 13:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] mbuf: get default mempool handler from configuration David Hunt
2016-05-23 12:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-dev, v5, " Jan Viktorin
2016-05-31 9:26 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-01 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] mempool: add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-01 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/5] mempool: support external handler David Hunt
2016-06-01 16:29 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-01 17:54 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-02 9:11 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-02 11:23 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-02 13:43 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-01 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/5] mempool: remove rte_ring from rte_mempool struct David Hunt
2016-06-01 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/5] mempool: add default external mempool handler David Hunt
2016-06-01 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/5] app/test: test " David Hunt
2016-06-01 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/5] mbuf: get default mempool handler from configuration David Hunt
2016-06-02 13:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] mempool: add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-02 13:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-02 13:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] mempool: add external mempool manager Hunt, David
2016-06-03 6:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] mempool: support external mempool operations Jerin Jacob
2016-06-03 10:28 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-03 10:49 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-06-03 11:07 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-03 11:42 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-03 12:10 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-03 12:28 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-02 13:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/5] mempool: remove rte_ring from rte_mempool struct David Hunt
2016-06-03 12:28 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-03 14:17 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-02 13:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/5] mempool: add default external mempool ops David Hunt
2016-06-02 13:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/5] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-02 13:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/5] mbuf: allow apps to change default mempool ops David Hunt
2016-06-03 12:28 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-03 14:06 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-03 14:10 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-03 14:14 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-03 14:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] mempool: add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-03 14:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-06 14:32 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-06 14:38 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-07 9:25 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-08 13:48 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-09 9:39 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-09 10:31 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-06-09 11:06 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-09 11:49 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-09 12:30 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-06-09 13:03 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-09 13:18 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-09 13:37 ` Jerin Jacob
2016-06-09 11:41 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-09 12:55 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-09 13:09 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-10 7:29 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-10 8:49 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-10 9:02 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-10 9:34 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-10 11:29 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-10 11:13 ` Jerin Jacob [this message]
2016-06-10 11:37 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-07 9:05 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-08 12:13 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-09 10:33 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-08 14:28 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-03 14:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/3] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-03 14:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-10 15:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/3] mempool: add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-10 15:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-13 12:16 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-13 13:46 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-10 15:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/3] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-10 15:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-14 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/3] mempool: add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-14 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-14 11:38 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-14 12:55 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-14 13:20 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-14 13:29 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-14 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/3] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-14 11:39 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-14 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-14 11:45 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-14 12:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/3] mempool: add external mempool manager Olivier MATZ
2016-06-14 15:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 " David Hunt
2016-06-14 15:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-14 16:08 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-14 15:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 2/3] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-14 15:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-15 7:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/3] mempool: add external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-15 7:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-15 10:14 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-15 10:29 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-15 11:26 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-15 11:38 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-15 7:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 2/3] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-15 7:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-15 10:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/3] mempool: add external mempool manager Jan Viktorin
2016-06-15 11:47 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-15 12:03 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-15 12:38 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-15 13:50 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-15 14:02 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-15 14:10 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-15 14:47 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-15 16:03 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-15 16:34 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-15 16:40 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-16 4:35 ` Shreyansh Jain
2016-06-16 7:04 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-16 7:47 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-16 8:47 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-16 8:55 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-16 8:58 ` Olivier MATZ
2016-06-16 11:34 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-16 12:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v13 " David Hunt
2016-06-16 12:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v13 1/3] mempool: support external mempool operations David Hunt
2016-06-17 6:58 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-17 8:08 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-17 8:42 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-17 9:09 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-17 9:24 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-17 10:19 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-17 10:18 ` Olivier Matz
2016-06-17 10:47 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-16 12:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v13 2/3] app/test: test external mempool manager David Hunt
2016-06-16 12:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v13 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-17 13:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 0/3] mempool: add mempool handler feature David Hunt
2016-06-17 13:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 1/3] mempool: support mempool handler operations David Hunt
2016-06-17 14:35 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-19 11:44 ` Hunt, David
2016-06-17 13:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 2/3] app/test: test mempool handler David Hunt
2016-06-17 14:37 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-17 13:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-17 14:41 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-19 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 0/3] mempool: add mempool handler feature David Hunt
2016-06-19 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 1/3] mempool: support mempool handler operations David Hunt
2016-06-19 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 2/3] app/test: test mempool handler David Hunt
2016-06-19 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-22 7:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 0/3] mempool: add mempool handler feature Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-22 8:02 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-22 9:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 " David Hunt
2016-06-22 9:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 1/3] mempool: support mempool handler operations David Hunt
2016-06-22 9:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 2/3] app/test: test mempool handler David Hunt
2016-06-22 9:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 3/3] mbuf: make default mempool ops configurable at build David Hunt
2016-06-23 21:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 0/3] mempool: add mempool handler feature Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-24 4:55 ` Wiles, Keith
2016-06-24 11:20 ` Jan Viktorin
2016-06-24 11:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-24 13:10 ` Jan Viktorin
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