[PATCH v8 2/3] mbuf: promote raw free and alloc bulk functions as stable
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Thu Oct 9 18:53:23 CEST 2025
On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 06:30:01AM +0000, Morten Brørup wrote:
> If ethdev drivers should use these APIs for allocating/freeing mbufs
> instead of bypassing the mbuf library and accessing the mempool APIs, they
> cannot be experimental anymore.
>
Not sure this is actually true. AFAIK there is no issue with internal use
of experimental functions (with certain caveats around use in macros or
inlines) since we will fixup any internal issues if the function changes.
However, no issue with making these stable.
> Also updated the packet mbuf alloc bulk function to use the raw alloc bulk
> function, now that it is stable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
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