[dpdk-dev] [RFC] [PATCH v2] libeventdev: event driven programming model framework for DPDK

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 01:00:16AM +0530, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> Thanks to Intel and NXP folks for the positive and constructive feedback
> I've received so far. Here is the updated RFC(v2).
> 
> I've attempted to address as many comments as possible.
> 
> This series adds rte_eventdev.h to the DPDK tree with
> adequate documentation in doxygen format.
> 
> Updates are also available online:
> 
> Related draft header file (this patch):
> https://rawgit.com/jerinjacobk/libeventdev/master/rte_eventdev.h
> 
> PDF version(doxgen output):
> https://rawgit.com/jerinjacobk/libeventdev/master/librte_eventdev_v2.pdf
> 
> Repo:
> https://github.com/jerinjacobk/libeventdev
> 

Thanks for all the work on this.

<snip>
> +/* Event device configuration bitmap flags */
> +#define RTE_EVENT_DEV_CFG_PER_DEQUEUE_WAIT (1 << 0)
> +/**< Override the global *dequeue_wait_ns* and use per dequeue wait in ns.
> + *  \see rte_event_dequeue_wait_time(), rte_event_dequeue()
> + */

Can you clarify why this is needed? If an app wants to use the same
dequeue wait times for all dequeues can it not specify that itself via
the wait time parameter, rather than having a global dequeue wait value?

/Bruce