[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] mempool: fix comments for no contiguous flag
Olivier Matz
olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Wed Sep 21 17:12:12 CEST 2016
Hi Ferruh,
On 09/20/2016 06:17 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Fixes: ce94a51ff05c ("mempool: add flag for removing phys contiguous constraint")
>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c | 4 +++-
> lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
> index e96d14f..d767f39 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
> @@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ rte_mempool_free_memchunks(struct rte_mempool *mp)
> }
>
> /* Add objects in the pool, using a physically contiguous memory
> - * zone. Return the number of objects added, or a negative value
> + * zone if MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG flag is not set.
> + *
> + * Return the number of objects added, or a negative value
> * on error.
> */
> int
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
> index 6fc331a..291c168 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
> @@ -798,6 +798,9 @@ rte_mempool_free(struct rte_mempool *mp);
> * Add a virtually and physically contiguous memory chunk in the pool
> * where objects can be instanciated.
> *
> + * mempool flag MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG changes behavior of the function
> + * and removes physical contiguous constraint.
> + *
> * @param mp
> * A pointer to the mempool structure.
> * @param vaddr
>
Not sure I'm getting why you add these comments, as I don't see any
usage of MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG in rte_mempool_populate_phys().
Could you describe what makes you think the API comments are wrong here?
Thanks,
Olivier
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