[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] eal: allow user to override default pool handle

Olivier MATZ olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Mon Sep 4 13:46:36 CEST 2017


Hi Santosh,

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 01:37:16PM +0530, Santosh Shukla wrote:
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct internal_config {
>  	const char *hugefile_prefix;      /**< the base filename of hugetlbfs files */
>  	const char *hugepage_dir;         /**< specific hugetlbfs directory to use */
>  
> +	char mbuf_pool_name[RTE_MBUF_POOL_OPS_NAMESIZE]; /**< mbuf pool name */
>  	unsigned num_hugepage_sizes;      /**< how many sizes on this system */
>  	struct hugepage_info hugepage_info[MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES];
>  };

> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
> @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ extern "C" {
>  
>  /* Maximum thread_name length. */
>  #define RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN 16
> +/* Maximum length of mbuf pool ops name. */
> +#define RTE_MBUF_POOL_OPS_NAMESIZE 32
>  

To avoid to define a new constant, is there something preventing to use
RTE_MEMPOOL_OPS_NAMESIZE?

Or even better, is it possible to use a 'const char *', like it's done for
hugepage_dir and hugepage_prefix?


Thanks,
Olivier


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