[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mem: store memory mode flags in shared config
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Oct 4 00:05:23 CEST 2018
20/09/2018 17:41, Anatoly Burakov:
> Currently, command-line switches for legacy mem mode or single-file
> segments mode are only stored in internal config. This leads to a
> situation where these flags have to always match between primary
> and secondary, which is bad for usability.
>
> Fix this by storing these flags in the shared config as well, so
> that secondary process can know if the primary was launched in
> single-file segments or legacy mem mode.
>
> This bumps the EAL ABI, however there's an EAL deprecation notice
> already in place[1] for a different feature, so that's OK.
>
> [1] http://patches.dpdk.org/patch/43502/
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> v2:
> - Added documentation on ABI break
>
> doc/guides/rel_notes/rel_description.rst | 5 +++++
Removed change in this file (dup of release note).
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 6 +++++-
> .../common/include/rte_eal_memconfig.h | 4 ++++
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile | 2 +-
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/meson.build | 2 +-
> 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Applied (without extra note), thanks.
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