<snip> > > > > > > Current mempool per core cache implementation is based on pointer > > > > For most architectures, each pointer consumes 64b Replace it with > > > > index-based implementation, where in each buffer is addressed by > > > > (pool address + index) > > > > > > I don't think it is going to work: > > > On 64-bit systems difference between pool address and it's elem > > > address could be bigger than 4GB. > > Are you talking about a case where the memory pool size is more than 4GB? > > That is one possible scenario. > Another possibility - user populates mempool himself with some external > memory by calling rte_mempool_populate_iova() directly. Is the concern that IOVA might not be contiguous for all the memory used by the mempool?
> I suppose such situation can even occur even with normal > rte_mempool_create(), though it should be a really rare one. All in all, this feature needs to be configurable during compile time. > > > > > > <snip>
