On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 5:56 PM Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > librte_eal.so is indeed built with the 64 value: > > $ pahole -C rte_mem_config build/install/lib64/librte_eal.so |grep memsegs > > die__process_function: tag not supported (INVALID)! > > struct rte_memseg_list memsegs[64]; /* 136 8704 */ > > > > > > But no trace of the custom value for external applications: > > $ grep -r RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS build/install > > build/install/include/rte_config.h:#ifndef RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS > > build/install/include/rte_config.h:#define RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS 128 > > Binary file build/install/lib64/librte_eal.a matches > > Binary file build/install/lib64/librte_eal.so.21.0 matches > > > > I can see the same using the meson option -Dc_args. > > > > Good point, I had not thought of external apps using these values. > > They are mostly for internal use, so maybe its worthwhile looking to not > have them in a public header file. What do you think? Is it likely that > apps would be using some of these values, or needs to know the specifics?
Some are publicly exposed, like RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM, RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS, For those, either we propagate the overriden value to the installed rte_config.h or we refuse customisation. -- David Marchand
