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From: Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] mempool: support block dequeue
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:38:58 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 04:06:30PM +0000, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> From: "Artem V. Andreev" <Artem.Andreev@oktetlabs.ru>
> 
> If mempool manager supports object blocks (physically and virtual
> contiguous set of objects), it is sufficient to get the first
> object only and the function allows to avoid filling in of
> information about each block member.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Artem V. Andreev <Artem.Andreev@oktetlabs.ru>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>

This can be a good idea. A use case and some performance numbers would
be welcome to demonstrate it :)