2014-09-29 15:58, De Lara Guarch, Pablo: > > -----Original Message----- > > This is the final planned set of patches to make changes to the mbuf > > data structure and associated files. This patch set makes more changes to > > help improve performance following the mbuf changes and adds in two new > > fields into the mbuf structure. > > > > It is planned to add other fields other than the two provided here, but > > patches for adding those fields will be included in the patch sets for the > > changes making use of those fields, since adding them does not affect, or > > move, any other mbuf fields. > > > > Changes in V2: > > * Updated userdata pointer in mbuf to always be 8 bytes big > > * Updated a number of commit messages to have more details about the > > performance benefits of the changes proposed in the patches > > * Removed old patch 5 which added the second vlan tag, and replaced it with > > a new, smaller patch which just moves the existing vlan_tci field above the > > 16-bit reserved space. > > > > Bruce Richardson (5): > > mbuf: ensure next pointer is set to null on free > > ixgbe: add prefetch to improve slow-path tx perf > > testpmd: Change rxfreet default to 32 > > mbuf: add userdata pointer field > > mbuf: switch vlan_tci and reserved2 fields > > Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
Applied Thanks -- Thomas
