Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] mbuf: remove the rte_pktmbuf structure

["De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 2:26 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] mbuf: remove the rte_pktmbuf
> structure
> 
> From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> 
> The rte_pktmbuf structure was initially included in the rte_mbuf
> structure. This was needed when there was 2 types of mbuf (ctrl and
> packet). As the control mbuf has been removed, we can merge the
> rte_pktmbuf into the rte_mbuf structure.
> 
> Advantages of doing this:
>   - the access to mbuf fields is easier (ex: m->data instead of m->pkt.data)
>   - make the structure more consistent: for instance, there was no reason
>     to have the ol_flags field in rte_mbuf
>   - it will allow a deeper reorganization of the rte_mbuf structure in the
>     next commits, allowing to gain several bytes in it
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> 
> Updated to work with latest code, and to include new example apps.
> 
> Changes in V2:
> * Further updates to apply to latest HEAD on master
> 
> Changes in V3:
> * Updated to compile cleanly on 1.7.1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Acked-by Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>