From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add meter API change to release notes Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:51:51 +0200 Message-ID: <1695939.d5zgjGaqM5@xps> References: <20180405114959.96952-1-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891267BB3B5F8@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Dumitrescu, Cristian" To: "Singh, Jasvinder" Return-path: Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDDFC1D310 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2018 18:51:52 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891267BB3B5F8@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 05/04/2018 14:03, Dumitrescu, Cristian: > From: Singh, Jasvinder > > > > Update the release notes with meter api change to support configuration > > profiles. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jasvinder Singh > > --- > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_05.rst > > @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ API Changes > > Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. > > ========================================================= > > > > +* **Meter API updated to accomodate configuration profiles.** > > + > > + The meter API is changed to support meter configuration profiles. The > > + configuration profile represents the set of configuration parameters > > + for a given meter object, such as the rates and sizes for the token > > + buckets. These configuration parameters were previously the part of > > meter > > + object internal data strcuture. The separation of the configuration > > + parameters from meter object data structure results in reducing its > > + memory footprint which helps in better cache utilization when large > > number > > + of meter objects are used. > > Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu Applied with a small formatting change: * meter: updated to accommodate configuration profiles.