[ovs-dev] [PATCH v7 0/6] netdev-dpdk: Fix mempool management and other cleanup.

antonio.fischetti at intel.com antonio.fischetti at intel.com
Wed Oct 18 16:01:25 UTC 2017


Patch #1 and #2 contain the fixes.
All other patches in this series are a clean up for code readability or small
improvements.

List of versions:
 - v7:
   - Restored 2 separate patches for the 2 fixes.
       - patch #1: detect when previous mempools must be released.
       - patch #2: mempool name generation for NUMA-awareness test case.
   - patch "netdev-dpdk: manage empty mempool names." renamed as 
     "netdev-dpdk: manage failure in mempool name creation."
   - Various rework based on comments.

 - v6: 
   - patches #1 and #2 squashed into one.
   - Reworked to consider the latest comments.
   - tested the release of pre-existing mempools (reported by Ciara L.)
   - tested the change of MTU when an existing mempool is returned
     (reported by Robert M.)
   - tested the NUMA-Awareness usecase (reported by Ciara L.)
 - v5: manage new MTU value when a pre-existing mempool is returned.
 - v4: fix NUMA awareness usecase
 - v3: avoid deletion of pre-existing mempools
 - v2: rework to accomodate code changes for dpdk ports too
 - v1: 1st implementation.

Fischetti, Antonio (6):
  netdev-dpdk: fix management of pre-existing mempools.
  netdev-dpdk: Fix mempool names to reflect socket id.
  netdev-dpdk: skip init for existing mempools.
  netdev-dpdk: manage failure in mempool name creation.
  netdev-dpdk: Reword mp_size as n_mbufs.
  netdev-dpdk: Rename dpdk_mp_put as dpdk_mp_free.

 lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

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