Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] mem: allow registering external memory areas

2018-12-14 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
On 14-Dec-18 9:55 AM, Yongseok Koh wrote: On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 01:48:34PM +, Anatoly Burakov wrote: The general use-case of using external memory is well covered by existing external memory API's. However, certain use cases require manual management of externally allocated memory areas, s

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] mem: allow registering external memory areas

2018-12-14 Thread Yongseok Koh
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 01:48:34PM +, Anatoly Burakov wrote: > The general use-case of using external memory is well covered by > existing external memory API's. However, certain use cases require > manual management of externally allocated memory areas, so this > memory should not be added to

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] mem: allow registering external memory areas

2018-11-29 Thread Anatoly Burakov
The general use-case of using external memory is well covered by existing external memory API's. However, certain use cases require manual management of externally allocated memory areas, so this memory should not be added to the heap. It should, however, be added to DPDK's internal structures, so