[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/11] mempool: add op to calculate memory size to be allocated

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Mon Apr 16 17:33:41 CEST 2018


On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 02:24:33PM +0100, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> Size of memory chunk required to populate mempool objects depends
> on how objects are stored in the memory. Different mempool drivers
> may have different requirements and a new operation allows to
> calculate memory size in accordance with driver requirements and
> advertise requirements on minimum memory chunk size and alignment
> in a generic way.
> 
> Bump ABI version since the patch breaks it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>

[...]

> @@ -643,39 +633,35 @@ rte_mempool_populate_default(struct rte_mempool *mp)
>  	 * 1G page on a 10MB memzone). If we fail to get enough contiguous
>  	 * memory, then we'll go and reserve space page-by-page.
>  	 */
> -	no_pageshift = no_contig || force_contig ||
> -			rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA;
> +	no_pageshift = no_contig || rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA;
>  	try_contig = !no_contig && !no_pageshift && rte_eal_has_hugepages();

In case there is a v5 for another reason, I think the last line is
equivalent to:

  try_contig = !no_pageshift && rte_eal_has_hugepages();


Otherwise:
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>


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