[RFC 1/1] ring: add infrastructure to allow callbacks within the ring library

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:37:43 +0000
Rory Sexton <rory.sexton at intel.com> wrote:

> From: Rory Sexton <rory.sexton at intel.com>
> To: honnappa.nagarahalli at arm.com,  konstantin.v.ananyev at yandex.ru
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org,  Rory Sexton <rory.sexton at intel.com>
> Subject: [RFC 1/1] ring: add infrastructure to allow callbacks within the ring  library
> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:37:43 +0000
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> Adding initial code to give a feel for what it would look like if
> callbacks were supported by the ring dequeue functions within the
> ring library. They could be optionally compiled in/out as required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rory Sexton <rory.sexton at intel.com>

Interesting but there is no current use for this.
Adding dead code, just creates more test cases and bloat to DPDK.
Could you use tracepoints for this instead.