[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] net/memif: zero-copy slave

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 8/22/2019 9:18 AM, Jakub Grajciar wrote:
> Zero-copy slave support for memif PMD.
> Slave interface exposes DPDK memory to
> master interface. Only single file segments
> are supported (EAL option --single-file-segments).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Grajciar <jgrajcia at cisco.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/memif.rst                     |  42 +-
>  drivers/net/memif/Makefile                    |   1 +
>  drivers/net/memif/memif_socket.c              |  64 +--
>  drivers/net/memif/meson.build                 |   1 +
>  drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.c             | 449 +++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/net/memif/rte_eth_memif.h             |  11 +-
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_mcfg.c       |   7 +
>  .../common/include/rte_eal_memconfig.h        |  10 +
>  lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map            |   1 +
>  9 files changed, 513 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
> 
> V2:
> - fix coding style
> 
> V3:
> - fix compilation issues
> 
> V4:
> - don't move existing code
> - add new EAL API rte_mcfg_get_single_file_segments,
>   mem_config is now private, this api returns
>   single_file_segments parameter value
> 
> V5:
> - explain single file segments limitation
> - add zero-copy slave example

Overall looks good, but I had to test this by manually modifying the PMD for the
bind() error.

I am for first fixing the PMD bind() issue before getting this patch, fyi.