[PATCH v3 00/10] introduce memarea library

[datshan]

Hi David,

   The v5 (send by datshan at qq.com) is sent to fix it, please have a look.

Thanks.

On 2022/10/3 15:42, David Marchand wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 9:56 AM Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com> wrote:
>> The memarea library is an allocator of variable-size object which based
>> on a memory region. The main features are as follows:
>>
>> - The default alignment size is RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE.
>>
>> - The memory region can be initialized from the following memory
>>    sources:
>>    1. RTE memory: e.g. invoke rte_malloc_socket to obtain.
>>    2. System API: e.g. invoke posix_memalign to obtain.
>>    3. User provided address: it can be from extended memory as long as
>>       it is available. The address must be aligned to
>>       RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE.
>>    4. User provided memarea: it can be from another memarea.
>>
>> - It provides refcnt feature which could be useful in multi-reader
>>    scenario.
>>
>> - It provides backup memory mechanism, the memarea could use another
>>    memarea as a backup.
>>
>> Note:
>> a) The memarea is oriented towards the application layer, which could
>> provides 'region-based memory management' [1] function.
>> b) The eal library also provide memory zone/heap management, but these
>> are tied to huge pages management.
>>
>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region-based_memory_management
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> This series did not pass through the CI, as its patches are spread
> over different series in patchwork.
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?submitter=2146
>
> There was probably something wrong when sending the patches, please
> check your setup and repost them.
>
>
> Thanks.
>