[PATCH v2 2/3] mempool: fix dump of unpopulated pool

Morten Brørup mb at smartsharesystems.com
Fri Nov 6 20:24:02 CET 2026


> From: Robert Sanford [mailto:rsanford2 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, 6 November 2026 19.43
> 
> Hi Morten,
> 
> Thanks for the review.
> 
> > mempool_is_created() should be public as rte_mempool_is_created().
> 
> I made the change: rte_mempool_is_created() is public, non-inline,
> not experimental, and the rte_mempool_walk() description refers to it.
> 
> However, devtools/check-symbol-change.py reports:
> 
>   ERROR: rte_mempool_is_created in lib/mempool has been added directly
>   to stable ABI.
> 
> How would you like me to proceed?

Please ignore the error, and send the series anyway.
Patch acceptance is a manual process, and we can ignore errors like this, when relevant.

I consider the alternative, an experimental public function, and a private function doing exactly the same (or copy-pasted code to atomically check the "created" flag), an ugly hack.

-Morten



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