From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olivier MATZ Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] mbuf: rename RTE_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER into RTE_MBUF_REFCNT Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:01:40 +0200 Message-ID: <540D6264.3040309@6wind.com> References: <1409154628-30825-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <1409240559-14447-3-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Bruce Richardson , dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1409240559-14447-3-git-send-email-bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> 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" On 08/28/2014 05:42 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote: > From: Olivier Matz > > 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. > > Changes in V2: > * None > > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: Olivier Matz