[PATCH v14 0/7] Lcore variables

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:19:09 +0200
Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com> wrote:

> This patch set introduces a new API <rte_lcore_var.h> for static
> per-lcore id data allocation.
> 
> Please refer to the <rte_lcore_var.h> API documentation for both a
> rationale for this new API, and a comparison to the alternatives
> available.
> 
> The question on how to best allocate static per-lcore memory has been
> up several times on the dev mailing list, for example in the thread on
> "random: use per lcore state" RFC by Stephen Hemminger.
> 
> Lcore variables are surely not the answer to all your per-lcore-data
> needs, since it only allows for more-or-less static allocation. In the
> author's opinion, it does however provide a reasonably simple and
> clean and seemingly very much performant solution to a real problem.
> 
> Mattias Rönnblom (7):
>   eal: add static per-lcore memory allocation facility
>   eal: add lcore variable functional tests
>   eal: add lcore variable performance test
>   random: keep PRNG state in lcore variable
>   power: keep per-lcore state in lcore variable
>   service: keep per-lcore state in lcore variable
>   eal: keep per-lcore power intrinsics state in lcore variable

Still too wordy, would you mind if I have a try and summarizing and 
running the text through an editor tool?