[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Add rte_mempool_free

[Olivier MATZ]

Hello Benjamin,

On 05/16/2016 09:56 PM, Walker, Benjamin wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 16:57 +0000, Wiles, Keith wrote:
>>>
>>> There is no inverse of rte_mempool_create, so this patch adds one.
>>> The typical usage of rte_mempool_create is to create a pool at
>>> initialization time and only to free it upon program exit, so an
>>> rte_mempool_free function at first seems to be of little value.
>>> However, it is very useful as a sanity check for a clean shutdown
>>> when used in conjunction with tools like AddressSanitizer. Further,
>>> the call itself verifies that all elements have been returned to
>>> the pool or it fails.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ben Walker <benjamin.walker at intel.com>

I already submitted a patch introducing a similar feature.
Please see:
http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/12062/

It is part of a larger patchset:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-April/037464.html


Regards,
Olivier