[PATCH] reorder: improve buffer structure layout

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 07:52:30AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:43:43 +0200
> Volodymyr Fialko <vfialko at marvell.com> wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/lib/reorder/rte_reorder.c b/lib/reorder/rte_reorder.c
> > index f55f383700..7418202b04 100644
> > --- a/lib/reorder/rte_reorder.c
> > +++ b/lib/reorder/rte_reorder.c
> > @@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ struct rte_reorder_buffer {
> >  	char name[RTE_REORDER_NAMESIZE];
> >  	uint32_t min_seqn;  /**< Lowest seq. number that can be in the buffer */
> >  	unsigned int memsize; /**< memory area size of reorder buffer */
> > +	int is_initialized; /**< flag indicates that buffer was initialized */
> > +
> >  	struct cir_buffer ready_buf; /**< temp buffer for dequeued entries */
> >  	struct cir_buffer order_buf; /**< buffer used to reorder entries */
> > -	int is_initialized;
> >  } __rte_cache_aligned;
> >  
> >  static void
> 
> Since this is ABI change it will have to wait for 23.11 release

It shouldn't be an ABI change. This struct is defined in a C file, rather
than a header, so is not exposed to end applications.

/Bruce