From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/14] mbuf: rename RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER into RTE_MBUF_REFCNT
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:45:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140811144521.21058e5b@haswell.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1407789890-17355-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:44:37 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>
> It seems that RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER is not the proper name for the
> feature it provides. "Scatter gather" means that data is stored using
> several buffers. RTE_MBUF_REFCNT seems to be a better name for that
> feature as it provides a reference counter for mbufs.
>
> The macro RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER is poisoned to ensure this
> modification is seen by drivers or applications using it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-11 21:45 UTC|newest]
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2014-08-11 20:44 [RFC PATCH 00/14] Extend the mbuf structure Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 01/14] mbuf: rename RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER into RTE_MBUF_REFCNT Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-2-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-11 21:45 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
[not found] ` <20140811144521.21058e5b-a7a0dvSY7KrRI77zikRAJc56i+j3xesD0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 7:59 ` Olivier MATZ
[not found] ` <53E9C96F.6050904-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 16:25 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 02/14] mbuf: remove rte_ctrlmbuf Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-3-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 8:27 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 03/14] mbuf: remove the rte_pktmbuf structure Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-4-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 8:38 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 04/14] mbuf: replace data pointer by an offset Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-5-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 8:55 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 05/14] mbuf: rename in_port to just port Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-6-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 9:00 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 06/14] mbuf: reorder fields by time-of-use Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-7-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 10:03 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 07/14] ixgbe: rework vector pmd following mbuf changes Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 08/14] mbuf: split mbuf across two cache lines Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 09/14] Fix performance regression due to moved pool ptr Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-10-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 11:28 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 10/14] mbuf: set next pointer to NULL on mbuf free Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 11/14] ixgbe: make mbuf_initializer queue variable global Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-12-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-11 21:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
[not found] ` <20140811144737.3ef08d36-a7a0dvSY7KrRI77zikRAJc56i+j3xesD0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-11 22:03 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 12/14] ixgbe: Make vector stores unaligned Bruce Richardson
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 13/14] mbuf: cleanup + added in additional mbuf fields Bruce Richardson
[not found] ` <1407789890-17355-14-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-12 14:18 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-08-11 20:44 ` [RFC PATCH 14/14] ixgbe: Allow vector RX of scattered packets Bruce Richardson
2014-08-12 14:43 ` [RFC PATCH 00/14] Extend the mbuf structure Olivier MATZ
[not found] ` <53EA2828.7080005-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20 12:22 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-08-20 7:08 ` Cao, Min
[not found] ` <B6059B2012717B4390714544B1F509E110D591C2-0J0gbvR4kTggGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20 11:11 ` Richardson, Bruce
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