[RFC] ethdev: fast path async flow API

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:57:09 +0200
Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com> wrote:

> **Future considerations**
> 
> A case can be made about converting some of the existing
> stable API functions to fast path versions in future LTS releases.
> I don't have any hard data on how such changes would affect performance of
> these APIs, but I assume that the improvement would be noticeable.

The problem is that inline functions create future ABI problems.
Usually, there are other ways to get the same performance benefit.
Often batching updates to hardware will do the trick.