[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] mempool/ring: add support for new ring sync modes

[Ananyev, Konstantin]

> 10/07/2020 18:21, Konstantin Ananyev:
> > Two new sync modes were introduced into rte_ring:
> > relaxed tail sync (RTS) and head/tail sync (HTS).
> > This change provides user with ability to select these
> > modes for ring based mempool via mempool ops API.
> 
> No, the user cannot use these modes because there is no doc,
> except in release notes.

AFAIK, there is no section for rte_ring and others SW based 
mempool drivers:
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/mempool/index.html
Are you asking me to add such section as part of this patch?
 
> 
> Sorry I don't understand why I have to do such obvious comment
> after so many years.
> And more importantly, why nobody else asked for doc?
> 
> I think I will add "UNMAINTAINED" for doc in MAINTAINERS file.
> If nobody is interested in doc maintenance, we could "git rm doc/".
> 
> Sorry in advance for hijacking this thread.
> 
> [...]
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> > @@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ New Features
> >    See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_real_virtual` for more
> >    details of this parameter usage.
> >
> > +* **Added support for new sync modes into mempool ring driver.**
> > +
> > +  Added ability to select new ring synchronisation modes:
> > +  ``relaxed tail sync (ring_mt_rts)`` and ``head/tail sync (ring_mt_hts)``
> > +  via mempool ops API.
> 
> Please check the comment on top of new features about the ordering.
> Mempool features should be mentioned earlier in the list.
> 
>