From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Mbuf Structure Rework, part 3 Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:31:01 +0200 Message-ID: <1615178.VOCXO4i5u4@xps13> References: <1410948102-12740-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <1411470497-10209-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: "Richardson, Bruce" Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" 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 Applied Thanks -- Thomas