30/10/2020 18:44, Thomas Monjalon: > The mbuf field userdata (aliased as udata64) > was announced to be removed for two reasons: > - applications, libraries and drivers used the same field > for different purposes, with a risk of usage conflict. > - this field always used 8 bytes even if unneeded > > Some dynamic fields are created when needed to replace > the big static userdata field. > As a consequence, 8 bytes can be re-allocated to dynamic fields. > > This mbuf layout change is important to allow adding more features > (consuming more dynamic fields) during the next year.
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