[PATCH] dumpcap: fix mbuf pool ring type

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 18:38:32 +0100
Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com> wrote:

> > If user decides to use a thread unsafe mempool, wouldn't it break in
> > every PMD as well.  
> 
> Yes, except if the application only uses one thread for packet processing. Then thread safety is not necessary.
> 


If application only used single thread then single consumer pool would work fine
for dumpcap. Only the primary thread would ever allocate. But both secondary and
primary could be freeing mbuf.