[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/13] mbuf: split mbuf across two cache lines.

Olivier MATZ olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Mon Sep 8 14:10:46 CEST 2014


Hi Bruce,

On 09/03/2014 05:49 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> This change splits the mbuf in two to move the pool and next pointers to
> the second cache line. This frees up 16 bytes in first cache line.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

I think you should provide more explanation in the commit log about why
this change is needed. I remeber you already provided the arguments on
the mailing list, but it could be interesting to have them in the log.

Regards,
Olivier


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