[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/5] eal: add per rx queue interrupt handling based on VFIO

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-02-19 21:48, Zhou Danny:
> v4 changes:
> - Adjust position of new-added structure fields
> 
> v3 changes:
> - Fix review comments
> 
> v2 changes:
> - Fix compilation issue for a missed header file
> - Bug fix: free unreleased resources on the exception path before return
> - Consolidate coding style related review comments
> 
> This patch does below:
> - Create multiple VFIO eventfd for rx queues.
> - Handle per rx queue interrupt.
> - Eliminate unnecessary suspended DPDK polling thread wakeup mechanism
> for rx interrupt by allowing polling thread epoll_wait rx queue
> interrupt notification.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danny Zhou <danny.zhou at intel.com>
> Tested-by: Yong Liu <yong.liu at intel.com>
[...]
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(SRCDIR)/include
>  CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common
>  CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
>  CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_ring
> +CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_mbuf
>  CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_mempool
>  CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_malloc
>  CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_ether

Why do we need mbuf in EAL?