[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] mbuf: add a function to linearize a packet
Olivier Matz
olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Fri Jan 13 16:32:34 CET 2017
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:40:44 +0100, Tomasz Kulasek
<tomaszx.kulasek at intel.com> wrote:
> This patch adds function rte_pktmbuf_linearize to let crypto PMD
> coalesce chained mbuf before crypto operation and extend their
> capabilities to support segmented mbufs when device cannot handle
> them natively.
>
> Included unit tests for rte_pktmbuf_linearize functionality:
>
> 1) Creates banch of segmented mbufs with different size and number of
> segments.
> 2) Fills noncontigouos mbuf with sequential values.
> 3) Uses rte_pktmbuf_linearize to coalesce segmented buffer into one
> contiguous.
> 4) Verifies data in linearized buffer.
>
> Dependencies:
>
> This patch is rebased to the dpdk-next-crypto and should be applied
> before "Chained Mbufs support in SW PMDs" patchset.
>
> changes in v5:
> - name of patch changed,
> - improved coding style,
>
> changes in v4:
> - separated from "Chained Mbufs support in SW PMDs" patch set for
> better reviewing,
> - merged "rte_pktmbuf_linearize" implementation with unit tests,
>
> changes in v3:
> - rebased to dpdk-next-crypto
>
> changes in v2:
> - rte_pktmbuf_coalesce replaced with rte_pktmbuf_linearize
>
> Cc: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> Cc: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kulasek <tomaszx.kulasek at intel.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
Just one comment about the changelog for next time: as it's not
something we need to keep in the git history, you can put it after the
'---', so it will be dropped when applying the patch with 'git am'.
Thanks,
Olivier
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