[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mem: store memory mode flags in shared config

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 03-Oct-18 11:05 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 20/09/2018 17:41, Anatoly Burakov:
>> Currently, command-line switches for legacy mem mode or single-file
>> segments mode are only stored in internal config. This leads to a
>> situation where these flags have to always match between primary
>> and secondary, which is bad for usability.
>>
>> Fix this by storing these flags in the shared config as well, so
>> that secondary process can know if the primary was launched in
>> single-file segments or legacy mem mode.
>>
>> This bumps the EAL ABI, however there's an EAL deprecation notice
>> already in place[1] for a different feature, so that's OK.
>>
>> [1] http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/43502/
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>>      v2:
>>      - Added documentation on ABI break
>>
>>   doc/guides/rel_notes/rel_description.rst      |  5 +++++
> 
> Removed change in this file (dup of release note).
> 
>>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst        |  6 +++++-
>>   .../common/include/rte_eal_memconfig.h        |  4 ++++
>>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile          |  2 +-
>>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c             | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
>>   lib/librte_eal/meson.build                    |  2 +-
>>   6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Applied (without extra note), thanks.
> 

This will probably break external mem patches due to conflict in release 
notes. Should i respin?

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Thanks,
Anatoly