[PATCH v4 1/7] eal: add static per-lcore memory allocation facility

[Konstantin Ananyev]

> >> +#define LCORE_BUFFER_SIZE (RTE_MAX_LCORE_VAR * RTE_MAX_LCORE)
> >> +
> >> +static void *lcore_buffer;
> >> +static size_t offset = RTE_MAX_LCORE_VAR;
> >> +
> >> +static void *
> >> +lcore_var_alloc(size_t size, size_t align)
> >> +{
> >> +	void *handle;
> >> +	void *value;
> >> +
> >> +	offset = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(offset, align);
> >> +
> >> +	if (offset + size > RTE_MAX_LCORE_VAR) {
> >> +#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
> >> +		lcore_buffer = _aligned_malloc(LCORE_BUFFER_SIZE,
> >> +					       RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> >> +#else
> >> +		lcore_buffer = aligned_alloc(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
> >> +					     LCORE_BUFFER_SIZE);
> >> +#endif
> >
> > Don't remember did that question already arise or not:
> > For debugging and health-checking purposes - would it make sense to link all
> > lcore_buffer values into a linked list?
> > So user/developer/some tool can walk over it to check that provided handle value
> > is really a valid lcore_var, etc.
> >
> 
> At least you could add some basic statistics, like the total size
> allocated my lcore variables, and the number of variables.

My thought was more about easing debugging/health-cheking,
but yes, some stats can also be collected.

> One could also add tracing.
> 
> >> +		RTE_VERIFY(lcore_buffer != NULL);
> >> +
> >> +		offset = 0;
> >> +	}
> >> +