24/05/2022 21:00, Morten Brørup: > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:tho...@monjalon.net] > > 24/05/2022 17:20, Spike Du: > > > LWM(limit watermark) is per RX queue attribute, when RX queue > > fullness reach the LWM limit, HW sends an event to dpdk application. > > Please ignore this comment, it is not important, but I had to get it out of > my system: I assume that the "LWM" name is from the NIC datasheet; otherwise > I would probably prefer something with "threshold"... LWM is easily confused > with "low water mark", which is the opposite of what the LWM does. Names are > always open for discussion, so I won't object to it.
Yes it is a threshold, and yes it is often called a watermark. I think we can get more ideas and votes about the naming. Please let's conclude on a short name which can be inserted easily in function names.
