From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f169.google.com (mail-pd0-f169.google.com [209.85.192.169]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D2FB39D for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:42:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pd0-f169.google.com with SMTP id y10so11520987pdj.0 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:45:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gTzeYZ/7EqyaWj0u/HiBS86noXydUNZDVk4C3WrrnrI=; b=OpvGQ4opX5nBh7rmIz+xPAoz8oTfGd06EyQNAPvLkZPQzTLfs6YtGRMefwK5qIsbCk Mb/J1pPm6EVVzPEA/i0KVXyJuCKZkZhhIAhjPwvTCY9p5s+aFPuL9HXxBU8Mf0vMWFa5 70Brct2YeJRlFNnNHjHQeaEHU0xIoDCYGpQckTLvue22MPLYlNYMREgpIQzEGbEJ1YCv JGFfr9a9jfFpW8j7S7OA8xj8UaQrOOCKGk0QGH3pMz0U6aV8thzXR/yO1KNTnzgsdg53 99+iBKeAoiqSn/68XOpeky/9Va61MZyYfzVRgVOvMEO5AYTofmTBIP4FiB2gvi7oyTUP e7Kg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnpnPIr/7wb+CnoNLhEgW03P2fQJukEYiWz/By7slpm4xrdx09cOC7XIFh+75ioqjBiNAC0 X-Received: by 10.66.121.168 with SMTP id ll8mr441352pab.86.1407793524825; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haswell.linuxnetplumber.net (static-50-53-65-80.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net. [50.53.65.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id wd7sm5757089pab.47.2014.08.11.14.45.24 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:45:21 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Bruce Richardson Message-ID: <20140811144521.21058e5b@haswell.linuxnetplumber.net> In-Reply-To: <1407789890-17355-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <1407789890-17355-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <1407789890-17355-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/14] mbuf: rename RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER into RTE_MBUF_REFCNT X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:42:33 -0000 On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:44:37 +0100 Bruce Richardson wrote: > From: Olivier Matz > > 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 > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger