26/10/2019 14:39, Olivier Matz: > Many features require to store data inside the mbuf. As the room in mbuf > structure is limited, it is not possible to have a field for each > feature. Also, changing fields in the mbuf structure can break the API > or ABI. > > This commit addresses these issues, by enabling the dynamic registration > of fields or flags: > > - a dynamic field is a named area in the rte_mbuf structure, with a > given size (>= 1 byte) and alignment constraint. > - a dynamic flag is a named bit in the rte_mbuf structure. > > The typical use case is a PMD that registers space for an offload > feature, when the application requests to enable this feature. As > the space in mbuf is limited, the space should only be reserved if it > is going to be used (i.e when the application explicitly asks for it). > > The registration can be done at any moment, but it is not possible > to unregister fields or flags. > > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.m...@6wind.com> > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.anan...@intel.com>
Applied, thanks, this is a new major feature.
