[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] mempool: rename functions with confusing names
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jun 30 22:05:55 CEST 2016
2016-06-30 13:49, Bruce Richardson:
> The mempool_count and mempool_free_count behaved contrary to what their
> names suggested. The free_count function actually returned the number of
> elements that were allocated from the pool, not the number unallocated as
> the name implied.
>
> Fix this by introducing two new functions to replace the old ones,
> * rte_mempool_avail_count to replace rte_mempool_count
> * rte_mempool_in_use_count to replace rte_mempool_free_count
>
> In this patch, the new functions are added, and the old ones are marked
> as deprecated. All apps and examples that use the old functions are
> updated to use the new functions.
The ThunderX driver uses rte_mempool_count and needs an update.
Except that, it looks good.
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