[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/13] mbuf: add packet_type field

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Sep 3 17:49:28 CEST 2014


Replace a reserved slot with the new packet type field used to identify
the type of the packet, i.e. what protocols are used.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index f136d37..8d0c6fb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ struct rte_mbuf {
 	uint32_t reserved1;     /**< Unused field. Required for padding */
 
 	/* remaining bytes are set on RX when pulling packet from descriptor */
-	uint16_t reserved2;     /**< Unused field. Required for padding */
+	uint16_t packet_type;   /**< Type of packet, e.g. protocols used */
 	uint16_t data_len;      /**< Amount of data in segment buffer. */
 	uint32_t pkt_len;       /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segments. */
 	uint16_t l3_len:9;      /**< L3 (IP) Header Length. */
-- 
1.9.3



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