[RFC 0/3] lib/fastmem: fast small-object allocator

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon May 25 16:30:29 CEST 2026


On Mon, 25 May 2026 12:36:39 +0200
Mattias Rönnblom <hofors at lysator.liu.se> wrote:

> This RFC introduces fastmem, a general-purpose small-object allocator
> for DPDK. It is intended to replace per-type mempools with a single
> allocator that handles arbitrary sizes, grows on demand, and matches
> mempool-level performance on the hot path.

Makes sense, what a simple wrapper inline to allow full replacement
testing/performance A/B comparison?


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