[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mbuf: clarify comment on adding TX offload flags

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jul 16 14:16:06 CEST 2015


2015-07-15 12:16, Olivier MATZ:
> On 07/09/2015 03:22 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > The comment for TX offload flags stated that those flags started at bit
> > 55 and then were added to the right of that, leaving 8 bits reserved for
> > generic mbuf (i.e. non-offload) use. This comment may not have been
> > clear as 5 of the 8 flags which were reserved have now been used for TX
> > offloads.
> > This patch:
> > * updates the description so that it now reflects reality that
> > only three flags are available for generic mbuf use
> > * reserved the final generic flag so that it can't be taken over for TX
> > offload in future
> > * clarifies the comment for TX flags to indicate that they should be
> > counting downwards not upwards.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>

Applied, thanks


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