On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 9:56 AM Chengwen Feng <fengcheng...@huawei.com> wrote: > > The memarea library is an allocator of variable-size object which based > on a memory region. The main features are as follows: > > - The default alignment size is RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE. > > - The memory region can be initialized from the following memory > sources: > 1. RTE memory: e.g. invoke rte_malloc_socket to obtain. > 2. System API: e.g. invoke posix_memalign to obtain. > 3. User provided address: it can be from extended memory as long as > it is available. The address must be aligned to > RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE. > 4. User provided memarea: it can be from another memarea. > > - It provides refcnt feature which could be useful in multi-reader > scenario. > > - It provides backup memory mechanism, the memarea could use another > memarea as a backup. > > Note: > a) The memarea is oriented towards the application layer, which could > provides 'region-based memory management' [1] function. > b) The eal library also provide memory zone/heap management, but these > are tied to huge pages management. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region-based_memory_management > > Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengcheng...@huawei.com>
This series did not pass through the CI, as its patches are spread over different series in patchwork. https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?submitter=2146 There was probably something wrong when sending the patches, please check your setup and repost them. Thanks. -- David Marchand
