[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] eal/persistent: new library to hold memory region after program exit

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Mon Jul 6 16:41:16 CEST 2015


2015-07-06 17:34, Avi Kivity:
> On 07/06/2015 04:28 PM, leeopop wrote:
> > Some NICs use host memory region as their scratch area.
> > When DPDK user applications terminate, all the memory regions are lost,
> > re-initialized (memzone), which causes HW faults.
> > This libraray maintains shared memory regions that is persistent across
> > multiple execution and termination of user level applications.
> > It also manages physically contiguous memory regions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: leeopop <dlrmsghd at gmail.com>
> >
> 
> Does dpdk accept anonymous signoffs?
> 
> DCO usually requires a real name.

Exact. We follow Linux guidelines for DCO:
	 http://dpdk.org/dev#send



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