On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:32:04 +0100 Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote:
> Sometimes apps (or perhaps DPDK driver components) may want to allow > use of "external" i.e. non EAL allocated, memory as though it were > standard DPDK memory. This patchset provides the ability to do this, > by: firstly, adding an explicit flag to indicate non-EAL memory, > rather than relying on the socket_id implicitly, and then secondly, > allowing heaps to be swapped, so an external heap can be used as the > default heap for socket 0 or 1, etc. > > V3: > * Expand to 2 patch set, adding patch to tag external memory > explicitly, before adding the swap function > * Add locks to improve thread safety of the swap opperation. > * Add additional notes to function to clarify usage. > > V2: > * Fix doxygen comment issue on doc builds > > Bruce Richardson (2): > eal: add flag to indicate non-EAL malloc heaps > eal: allow swapping of malloc heaps > > lib/eal/common/malloc_heap.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > lib/eal/common/malloc_heap.h | 1 + > lib/eal/common/malloc_mp.c | 5 ++-- > lib/eal/common/rte_malloc.c | 14 ++++++----- > lib/eal/include/rte_malloc.h | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > lib/eal/version.map | 2 ++ > 6 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.39.2 > Series-Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
