On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 10:07:56AM +0100, Morten Brørup wrote: > Why is m->nb_segs initialized in rte_pktmbuf_prefree_seg()? > > It's part of the m->rearm_data, and will be initialized on RX descriptor > rearm anyway. > Presumably this is to have a sane default for apps that allocate buffers directly using mempool_get functions.
Overall, we probably need to document clearly for mbufs allocated using mempool apis rather than mbuf_alloc what fields are valid and what need to be initialized. /Bruce
