Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] Adding the routines rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk() and rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk()

["Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Keith Wiles
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 9:26 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] Adding the routines rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk()
> and rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk()
> 
> Minor helper routines to mirror the mempool routines and remove the code
> from applications. The ixgbe_rxtx_vec.c routine could be changed to use
> the ret_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk() routine inplace of rte_mempool_get_bulk().
> 

Can we maybe remove the reference to the vector driver for this patch. I don't believe changes there are what we want to do.
/Bruce

> Combined __rte_mbuf_raw_alloc_bulk into the rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk
> function.
> Fixed up the comments to state the correct return values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@windriver.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 55
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
> index 1c6e115..337611b 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
> @@ -671,6 +671,44 @@ __rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg(struct rte_mbuf *m)
>  }
> 
>  /**
> + * Allocate a list of mbufs from a mempool into a mbuf array.
> + *
> + * This mbuf list contains one segment per mbuf, which has a length of 0. The
> pointer
> + * to data is initialized to have some bytes of headroom in the buffer
> + * (if buffer size allows).
> + *
> + * The routine is just a simple wrapper routine to reduce code in the application
> and
> + * provide a cleaner API for multiple mbuf requests.
> + *
> + * @param mp
> + *   The mempool from which the mbuf is allocated.
> + * @param m_list
> + *   An array of mbuf pointers, cnt must be less then or equal to the size of the
> array.
> + * @param cnt
> + *   Number of slots in the m_list array to fill.
> + * @return
> + *   - cnt is returned if a successful allocation.
> + *   - <0 negative number is an error code.
> + */
> +static inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
> +rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, struct rte_mbuf *m_list[],
> int16_t cnt)
> +{
> +	int		ret;
> +
> +	ret = rte_mempool_get_bulk(mp, (void **)m_list, cnt);
> +	if ( ret == 0 ) {
> +		ret = cnt;
> +		while(cnt--) {
> +#ifdef RTE_MBUF_REFCNT
> +			rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(*m_list, 1);
> +#endif /* RTE_MBUF_REFCNT */
> +			rte_pktmbuf_reset(*m_list++);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
>   * Free a segment of a packet mbuf into its original mempool.
>   *
>   * Free an mbuf, without parsing other segments in case of chained
> @@ -708,6 +746,23 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_free(struct rte_mbuf
> *m)
>  	}
>  }
> 
> +/**
> + * Free a list of packet mbufs back into its original mempool.
> + *
> + * Free a list of mbufs by calling rte_pktmbuf_free() in a loop as a wrapper
> function.
> + *
> + * @param m_list
> + *   An array of rte_mbuf pointers to be freed.
> + * @param npkts
> + *   Number of packets to free in m_list.
> + */
> +static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
> +rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(struct rte_mbuf *m_list[], int16_t npkts)
> +{
> +	while(npkts--)
> +		rte_pktmbuf_free(*m_list++);
> +}
> +
>  #ifdef RTE_MBUF_REFCNT
> 
>  /**
> --
> 2.1.0