2016-05-19 17:56, Thomas Monjalon:
> 2016-05-19 21:48, Jianbo Liu:
> > On 13 May 2016 at 23:49, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> > wrote:
> > > 2016-05-10 14:01, Jianbo Liu:
> > >> Other APP may call rte_memcpy by function pointer,
> > >> so change it to an inline function.
> > >
> > > Any example in mind?
> > >
> > It's for ODP-DPDK.
>
> Given that ODP is open (dataplane), you should also consider ppc64 and tile.
>
> > >> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_64.h
> > >> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_memcpy_64.h
> > >> -#define rte_memcpy(d, s, n) memcpy((d), (s), (n))
> > >> +static inline void *
> > >> +rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
> > >> +{
> > >> + return memcpy(dst, src, n);
> > >> +}
> > >
> > > It has no sense if other archs (arm32, ppc64, tile) are not updated.
> > >
> > But it also an inline function on x86.
>
> In x86, it was implemented as a function because there is some code.
> If you want to make sure it is always a function, even in the case
> of just calling memcpy from libc, you should put a doxygen comment in
> the generic part and adapt every archs.
no news?
a v2 would be welcome
