Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] arm64: change rte_memcpy to inline function

[Jianbo Liu <jianbo.liu@linaro.org>]

On 17 June 2016 at 18:30, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> wrote:
> 2016-05-19 17:56, Thomas Monjalon:
>> 2016-05-19 21:48, Jianbo Liu:
>> > On 13 May 2016 at 23:49, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> wrote:
>> > > 2016-05-10 14:01, Jianbo Liu:
>> > >> Other APP may call rte_memcpy by function pointer,
>> > >> so change it to an inline function.
>> > >
>> > > Any example in mind?
>> > >
>> > It's for ODP-DPDK.
>>
>> Given that ODP is open (dataplane), you should also consider ppc64 and tile.
>>
>> > >> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_64.h
>> > >> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_64.h
>> > >> -#define rte_memcpy(d, s, n)  memcpy((d), (s), (n))
>> > >> +static inline void *
>> > >> +rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
>> > >> +{
>> > >> +     return memcpy(dst, src, n);
>> > >> +}
>> > >
>> > > It has no sense if other archs (arm32, ppc64, tile) are not updated.
>> > >
>> > But it also an inline function on x86.
>>
>> In x86, it was implemented as a function because there is some code.
>> If you want to make sure it is always a function, even in the case
>> of just calling memcpy from libc, you should put a doxygen comment in
>> the generic part and adapt every archs.
>
> no news?
> a v2 would be welcome

Hi Thomas,
Please close it, since there is already a solution to this issue in odp-dpdk.

Thanks!
Jianbo