[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/35] mempool: rework memory allocation

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-05-18 13:04, Olivier Matz:
> This series is a rework of mempool. For those who don't want to read
> all the cover letter, here is a sumary:
> 
> - it is not possible to allocate large mempools if there is not enough
>   contiguous memory, this series solves this issue
> - introduce new APIs with less arguments: "create, populate, obj_init"
> - allow to free a mempool
> - split code in smaller functions, will ease the introduction of ext_handler
> - remove test-pmd anonymous mempool creation
> - remove most of dom0-specific mempool code
> - opens the door for a eal_memory rework: we probably don't need large
>   contiguous memory area anymore, working with pages would work.
> 
> This breaks the ABI as it was indicated in the deprecation for 16.04.
> The API stays almost the same, no modification is needed in examples app
> or in test-pmd. Only kni and mellanox drivers are slightly modified.

Applied with a small change you sent me to fix mlx build in the middle of the patchset
and update the removed Xen files in MAINTAINERS file.

Thanks for the big rework!