On Thur, May 19, 2022 10:55 Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitre...@intel.com>: > I don't understand the purpose of this proposed API function, can you please > explain? > > It looks to me that you want to have an alternative way to create a meter > profile, so why not use the existing API function rte_mtr_meter_profile_add() > ? > It does the same thing. > > Also, who allocates this opaque array meter_profile_cfg? Assuming it is the > user > that needs to allocate it, how does the user know its size?
The creation of a meter is still done thru the rte_mtr_meter_profile_add() API. It is responsible for memory allocation and parameters calculation. The rte_mtr_meter_profile_get() API just returns the pointer to the object allocated earlier, based on the Meter ID, saving the lookup time. User still have to manage the lifecycle with add/destroy functions. PMD allocates this opaque pointer and knows its size, user doesn't need to worry. I hope that my examples in the meeting minutes explain this concept clear enough.
