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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kni: use bulk functions to allocate and free
 mbufs
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:00:52 +0000
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Hi Sergey,

On 1/11/2017 4:17 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:50:16 +0700
> Sergey Vyazmitinov <s.vyazmitinov@brain4net.com> wrote:
> 
>>  /**
>> + * Free n packets mbuf back into its original mempool.
>> + *
>> + * Free each mbuf, and all its segments in case of chained buffers. Each
>> + * segment is added back into its original mempool.
>> + *
>> + * @param mp
>> + *   The packets mempool.
>> + * @param mbufs
>> + *   The packets mbufs array to be freed.
>> + * @param n
>> + *   Number of packets.
>> + */
>> +static inline void rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp,
>> +		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned n)
>> +{
>> +	struct rte_mbuf *mbuf, *m_next;
>> +	unsigned i;
>> +	for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
>> +		mbuf = mbufs[i];
>> +		__rte_mbuf_sanity_check(mbuf, 1);
>> +
>> +		mbuf = mbuf->next;
>> +		while (mbuf != NULL) {
>> +			m_next = mbuf->next;
>> +			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(mbuf);
>> +			mbuf = m_next;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +	rte_mempool_put_bulk(mp, (void * const *)mbufs, n);
>> +}
> 
> The mbufs may come from different pools. You need to handle that.
> 

As Stephen pointed mbufs can be from different mempools. But still can
benefit from bulk allocation part of your patch, would you mind
separating patches for alloc and free?

Thanks,
ferruh