[PATCH v3 1/2] examples/l3fwd: common packet group functionality

[Thomas Monjalon]

23/06/2022 11:38, Rahul Bhansali:
> This will make the packet grouping function common, so
> that other examples can utilize as per need.
> 
> For each architecture sse/neon/altivec, port group
> headers will be created under examples/common/<arch>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Bhansali <rbhansali at marvell.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3: Created common port-group headers for
> architectures sse/neon/altivec as suggested by Konstantin.
> 
> Changes in v2: New patch to address review comment.
> 
>  examples/common/altivec/port_group.h |  48 +++++++++
>  examples/common/neon/port_group.h    |  50 ++++++++++
>  examples/common/pkt_group.h          | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  examples/common/sse/port_group.h     |  47 +++++++++
>  examples/l3fwd/Makefile              |   5 +-
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h               |   2 -
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_altivec.h       |  37 +------
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_common.h        | 129 +------------------------
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_neon.h          |  39 +-------
>  examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_sse.h           |  36 +------
>  examples/meson.build                 |   2 +-

OK you move code from l3fwd to another place.
That's probably a step in the right direction.
What about taking the extra step of making it an EAL API?