[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Mbuf structure Rework, part 1

[Olivier MATZ]

Hi Bruce,

On 08/27/2014 05:50 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> This patch set does some initial pre-work to prepare the mbuf data structure
> (and ixgbe vector driver to a lesser extent) for more major changes which
> will follow on in a subsequent patch set. [See previous RFC patch set for
> more indications of the future coming changes].
> 
> The main changes here are the flattening out of the mbuf data structure, with
> much of it based off work by Olivier. The ctrlmbuf and pktmbuf structures are
> now gone, as is the vlan_macip structure. However, in this set, the concept
> of having a separate ctrl mbuf type is kept around. The plan is in a later set
> when we expand the flags field to 64-bits, we can use a single bit in the flags
> to indicate a control packet. For now, though, the ctrlmbuf functions and macros
> just are aliases for the pktmbuf equivalents as much as possible. 

I'm wondering it "struct rte_kni_mbuf" should be updated
accordingly each time "struct mbuf" is modified.

Regards,
Olivier