Re: [PATCH 1/3] librte_reorder: New reorder library

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,

2015-01-07 16:39, Reshma Pattan:
>             1)New library to provide reordering of out of ordered
>             mbufs based on sequence number of mbuf. Library uses reorder buffer structure
>             which in tern uses two circular buffers called ready and order buffers.
>             *rte_reorder_create API creates instance of reorder buffer.
>             *rte_reorder_init API initializes given reorder buffer instance.
>             *rte_reorder_reset API resets given reorder buffer instance.
>             *rte_reorder_insert API inserts the mbuf into order circular buffer.
>             *rte_reorder_fill_overflow moves mbufs from order buffer to ready buffer
>             to accomodate early packets in order buffer.
>             *rte_reorder_drain API provides draining facility to fetch out
>             reordered mbufs from order and ready buffers.
> 
>         Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>         Signed-off-by: Richardson Bruce <bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

I think 2 things are missing in this patchset:

1) Could you show some performance numbers to compare a simple forwarding
with and without this library, in the commit log?

2) Could you add some documentation in doc/ directory for programmer's guide?

Thank you
-- 
Thomas