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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Verma, Shally" <Shally.Verma@cavium.com>
Cc: "pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Athreya, Narayana Prasad" <NarayanaPrasad.Athreya@cavium.com>,
	"Challa, Mahipal" <Mahipal.Challa@cavium.com>,
	"Gupta, Ashish" <Ashish.Gupta@cavium.com>,
	"Sahu, Sunila" <Sunila.Sahu@cavium.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] compress/zlib: support burst enqueue/dequeue
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:35:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180723103557.0c94c4a5@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CY4PR0701MB3634D6C72203CEC71EC6EF4EF0560@CY4PR0701MB3634.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:14:26 +0000
"Verma, Shally" <Shally.Verma@cavium.com> wrote:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> >Sent: 23 July 2018 22:24
> >To: Verma, Shally <Shally.Verma@cavium.com>
> >Cc: pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com; dev@dpdk.org; Athreya, Narayana Prasad <NarayanaPrasad.Athreya@cavium.com>; Challa,
> >Mahipal <Mahipal.Challa@cavium.com>; Gupta, Ashish <Ashish.Gupta@cavium.com>; Sahu, Sunila <Sunila.Sahu@cavium.com>;
> >Sahu, Sunila <Sunila.Sahu@cavium.com>
> >Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] compress/zlib: support burst enqueue/dequeue
> >
> >External Email
> >
> >On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 23:47:48 +0530
> >Shally Verma <shally.verma@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> -/** Parse comp xform and set private xform/stream parameters */
> >> +/** Compute next mbuf in the list, assign data buffer and length,
> >> + *  returns 0 if mbuf is NULL
> >> + */
> >> +#define COMPUTE_BUF(mbuf, data, len)         \
> >> +             ((mbuf = mbuf->next) ?          \
> >> +             (data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, uint8_t *)),     \
> >> +             (len = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf)) : 0)
> >> +  
> >
> >Could this be an inline not a macro?  
> [Shally] Again what goes in favour of inline here? Just curious to know if DPDK has any preferred guidelines regarding this?
> 
> Thanks
> Shally 


Macros have no type checking and are harder to debug.
They should only be used when doing generic code (ie template like).

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-23 17:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-21 18:17 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] compress: add ZLIB compression PMD Shally Verma
2018-07-21 18:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] compress/zlib: add ZLIB PMD Shally Verma
2018-07-21 18:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] compress/zlib: add device PMD ops Shally Verma
2018-07-21 18:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/5] compress/zlib: create private xform Shally Verma
2018-07-21 18:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] compress/zlib: support burst enqueue/dequeue Shally Verma
2018-07-23 12:36   ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2018-07-23 12:52     ` Verma, Shally
2018-07-23 13:00       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2018-07-23 16:53   ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-07-23 17:14     ` Verma, Shally
2018-07-23 17:35       ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2018-07-21 18:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/5] doc: add ZLIB PMD guide Shally Verma

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