[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: remove lockless enqueue to the virtio ring

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-01-05 07:16, Xie, Huawei:
> On 1/5/2016 2:42 PM, Xie, Huawei wrote:
> > This patch removes the internal lockless enqueue implmentation.
> > DPDK doesn't support receiving/transmitting packets from/to the same
> > queue. Vhost PMD wraps vhost device as normal DPDK port. DPDK
> > applications normally have their own lock implmentation when enqueue
> > packets to the same queue of a port.
> >
> > The atomic cmpset is a costly operation. This patch should help
> > performance a bit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie at intel.com>
> This patch modifies the API's behavior, which is also a trivial ABI
> change. In my opinion, application shouldn't rely on previous behavior.
> Anyway, i am checking how to declare the ABI change.

I guess this patch is now obsolete?