[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] doc: improve vhost zero copy guide

Tiwei Bie tiwei.bie at intel.com
Fri Feb 22 03:42:09 CET 2019


Highlight that vhost zero copy mbufs should be consumed
as soon as possible.

Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
index c77df338f..a86c07a62 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost API functions:
       to use vfio-pci driver, please insert vfio-pci kernel module in noiommu
       mode.
 
+    * The consumer of zero copy mbufs should consume these mbufs as soon as
+      possible, otherwise it may block the operations in vhost.
+
   - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_IOMMU_SUPPORT``
 
     IOMMU support will be enabled when this flag is set. It is disabled by
-- 
2.17.1



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