Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Mbuf Structure Rework, part 3

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

2014-09-29 15:58, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > This is the final planned set of patches to make changes to the mbuf
> > data structure and associated files. This patch set makes more changes to
> > help improve performance following the mbuf changes and adds in two new
> > fields into the mbuf structure.
> > 
> > It is planned to add other fields other than the two provided here, but
> > patches for adding those fields will be included in the patch sets for the
> > changes making use of those fields, since adding them does not affect, or
> > move, any other mbuf fields.
> > 
> > Changes in V2:
> > * Updated userdata pointer in mbuf to always be 8 bytes big
> > * Updated a number of commit messages to have more details about the
> > performance benefits of the changes proposed in the patches
> > * Removed old patch 5 which added the second vlan tag, and replaced it with
> > a new, smaller patch which just moves the existing vlan_tci field above the
> > 16-bit reserved space.
> > 
> > Bruce Richardson (5):
> >   mbuf: ensure next pointer is set to null on free
> >   ixgbe: add prefetch to improve slow-path tx perf
> >   testpmd: Change rxfreet default to 32
> >   mbuf: add userdata pointer field
> >   mbuf: switch vlan_tci and reserved2 fields
> 
> Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Applied

Thanks
-- 
Thomas