[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] eventdev: add ring structure for events

[Jerin Jacob]

-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 14:36:18 +0100
> From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> CC: olivier.matz at 6wind.com, jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com, Bruce
>  Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 3/5] eventdev: add ring structure for events
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> Add in a new rte_event_ring structure type and functions to allow events to
> be passed core to core. This is needed because the standard rte_ring type
> only works on pointers, while for events, we want to copy the entire, 16B
> events themselves - not just pointers to them. The code makes extensive use
> of the functions already defined in rte_ring.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>


Thomas,

Should this series applied through dpdk/master or dpdk-next-eventdev/master?

Bruce,
__rte_always_inline macro is now part of master. Good to replace with force_inline.