From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>,
Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
Ivan Malov <ivan.malov@arknetworks.am>,
Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/3] mbuf: promote raw free and alloc bulk functions as stable
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 17:53:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aOfog1px7iVFzkh4@bricha3-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250823063002.24326-3-mb@smartsharesystems.com>
On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 06:30:01AM +0000, Morten Brørup wrote:
> If ethdev drivers should use these APIs for allocating/freeing mbufs
> instead of bypassing the mbuf library and accessing the mempool APIs, they
> cannot be experimental anymore.
>
Not sure this is actually true. AFAIK there is no issue with internal use
of experimental functions (with certain caveats around use in macros or
inlines) since we will fixup any internal issues if the function changes.
However, no issue with making these stable.
> Also updated the packet mbuf alloc bulk function to use the raw alloc bulk
> function, now that it is stable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-09 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-21 15:02 [PATCH v5 0/3] mbuf: simplify handling of reinitialized mbufs Morten Brørup
2025-08-21 15:02 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] mbuf: de-inline sanity checking a reinitialized mbuf Morten Brørup
2025-08-21 15:02 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] promote reinitialized mbuf free and alloc bulk functions as stable Morten Brørup
2025-08-21 15:02 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] mbuf: no need to reset all fields on reinitialized mbufs Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 12:47 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] mbuf: simplify handling of " Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 12:47 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] mbuf: de-inline sanity checking a reinitialized mbuf Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 14:26 ` Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 12:47 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] mbuf: promote raw free and alloc bulk functions as stable Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 12:47 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] mbuf: no need to reset all fields on reinitialized mbufs Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 0/3] mbuf: simplify handling of " Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] mbuf: de-inline sanity checking a reinitialized mbuf Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] mbuf: promote raw free and alloc bulk functions as stable Morten Brørup
2025-08-22 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] mbuf: optimize reset of reinitialized mbufs Morten Brørup
2025-08-23 6:29 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] mbuf: simplify handling " Morten Brørup
2025-08-23 6:30 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] mbuf: de-inline sanity checking a reinitialized mbuf Morten Brørup
2025-10-09 16:49 ` Bruce Richardson
2025-10-09 17:12 ` Morten Brørup
2025-10-09 17:29 ` Thomas Monjalon
2025-10-09 17:55 ` Morten Brørup
2025-08-23 6:30 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] mbuf: promote raw free and alloc bulk functions as stable Morten Brørup
2025-10-09 16:53 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2025-08-23 6:30 ` [PATCH v8 3/3] mbuf: optimize reset of reinitialized mbufs Morten Brørup
2025-08-23 14:28 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-10-09 17:15 ` Bruce Richardson
2025-10-09 17:35 ` Morten Brørup
2025-10-10 7:43 ` Bruce Richardson
2025-10-10 9:22 ` Morten Brørup
2025-10-06 14:43 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] mbuf: simplify handling " Morten Brørup
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