[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2 v3] kni: add documentation for the mempool capacity

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Jun 14 17:16:46 CEST 2016


> > From: Alex Wang <alex at awakenetworks.com>
> > 
> > Function like 'rte_kni_rx_burst()' keeps allocating 'MAX_MBUF_BURST_NUM'
> > mbufs to kni fifo queue unless the queue's capacity
> > ('KNI_FIFO_COUNT_MAX') is reached.  So, if the mempool is under-
> > provisioned, user may run into "Out of Memory" logs from KNI code.
> > This commit documents the need to provision mempool capacity of more than
> > "2 x KNI_FIFO_COUNT_MAX" for each KNI interface.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <alex at awakenetworks.com>
> > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> 
> Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>

Applied, thanks


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