[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] mbuf: add a pktmbuf copy routine

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 17:36:10 +0000
Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at mellanox.com> wrote:

> Hi, Stephen
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 22:21
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] mbuf: add a pktmbuf copy routine
> > 
> > This is a commonly used operation that surprisingly the DPDK has not
> > supported. The new rte_pktmbuf_copy does a deep copy of packet. This is a
> > complete copy including meta-data.  
> 
> There is mbuf dynamic fields coming [1], these ones also should be copied.
> Is this patch planned to be updated?
> 
> [1] http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/59343/
> 
> [snip]
> 
> WBR, Slava
> 

If this is merged, then it is responsibility of the dynamic mbuf
patch submitter to update. If dynamic mbuf makes it in, then this
patch can be updated.