[PATCH v4 2/3] ethdev: add mbuf dynfield for incomplete IP reassembly

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 17:28:26 +0000
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:

> On 2/7/2022 5:23 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 03:43:33 +0530
> > Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> +/**
> >> + * @internal
> >> + * Register mbuf dynamic field and flag for IP reassembly incomplete case.
> >> + */
> >> +__rte_internal
> >> +int
> >> +rte_eth_ip_reass_dynfield_register(int *field_offset, int *flag);  
> > 
> > Maybe use RTE_INIT() constructor for this?  
> 
> Dynfiled should be registered only when users asks for the feature.

right but making the user ask can lead to errors, can it be done implicitly
on first use.