From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/14] mbuf: rename RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER into RTE_MBUF_REFCNT
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:45:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140811144521.21058e5b@haswell.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1407789890-17355-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:44:37 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
>
> It seems that RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER is not the proper name for the
> feature it provides. "Scatter gather" means that data is stored using
> several buffers. RTE_MBUF_REFCNT seems to be a better name for that
> feature as it provides a reference counter for mbufs.
>
> The macro RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER is poisoned to ensure this
> modification is seen by drivers or applications using it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-11 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-11 20:44 [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 00/14] Extend the mbuf structure Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/14] mbuf: rename RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER into RTE_MBUF_REFCNT Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 21:45 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2014-08-12 7:59 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-12 16:25 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 02/14] mbuf: remove rte_ctrlmbuf Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 8:27 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 03/14] mbuf: remove the rte_pktmbuf structure Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 8:38 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 04/14] mbuf: replace data pointer by an offset Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 8:55 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 05/14] mbuf: rename in_port to just port Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 9:00 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 06/14] mbuf: reorder fields by time-of-use Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 10:03 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 07/14] ixgbe: rework vector pmd following mbuf changes Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 08/14] mbuf: split mbuf across two cache lines Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 09/14] Fix performance regression due to moved pool ptr Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 11:28 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 10/14] mbuf: set next pointer to NULL on mbuf free Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 11/14] ixgbe: make mbuf_initializer queue variable global Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 21:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-08-11 22:03 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 12/14] ixgbe: Make vector stores unaligned Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 13/14] mbuf: cleanup + added in additional mbuf fields Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 14:18 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 14/14] ixgbe: Allow vector RX of scattered packets Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 14:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 00/14] Extend the mbuf structure Olivier MATZ
2014-08-20 12:22 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-08-20 7:08 ` Cao, Min
2014-08-20 11:11 ` Richardson, Bruce
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