Windows rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() ENOMEM

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

Hi Robert,

2022-12-07 15:19 (UTC+0000), Robert Hable:
> after a few days of my windows machine running and starting/stopping my DPDK application multiple times, rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() fails with rte_error = EMOM.
> When closing most of the running programs on that machine, it usually works again for some time. I assume this happens because of memory fragmentation?
> What can I do against this error, except just rebooting the whole machine every time and closing applications all the time?

Yes, fragmentation is likely the cause.
Adding Microsoft people who might know how to prevent this, since I don't.