[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] rte_kni: Add documentation for the mempool capacity.

[Alex Wang <ee07b291@gmail.com>]

From: Alex Wang <alex@awakenetworks.com>

Function like 'rte_kni_rx_burst()' keeps allocating
'MAX_MBUF_BURST_NUM' mbufs to kni fifo queue unless the
queue's capacity ('KNI_FIFO_COUNT_MAX') is reached.  So,
if the mempool is under-provisioned, user may run into
"Out of Memory" logs from KNI code.  This commit documents
the need to provision mempool capacity of couple thousand
elements for each KNI interface.

Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <alex@awakenetworks.com>
---
 lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
index 25fa45e..05d2d39 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
+++ b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ extern void rte_kni_init(unsigned int max_kni_ifaces);
  * The rte_kni_alloc shall not be called before rte_kni_init() has been
  * called. rte_kni_alloc is thread safe.
  *
+ * The mempool should have capacity of couple thousand elements for each
+ * KNI interface allocated.
+ *
  * @param pktmbuf_pool
  *  The mempool for allocting mbufs for packets.
  * @param conf
-- 
2.1.4