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The main features are as follows:\n\n- The memory region can be initialized from the following memory\n sources:\n 1. HEAP: e.g. invoke rte_malloc_socket.\n 2. LIBC: e.g. invoke posix_memalign.\n 3. Another memarea: it can be from another memarea.\n\n- It provides refcnt feature which could be useful in multi-reader\n scenario.\n\n- It supports MT-safe as long as it's specified at creation time.\n\nNote:\na) The memarea is oriented towards the application layer, which could\nprovides 'region-based memory management' [1] function.\nb) The eal library also provide memory zone/heap management, but these\nare tied to huge pages management.\n\n[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region-based_memory_management\n\nSigned-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>\n\nChengwen Feng (7):\n memarea: introduce memarea library\n test/memarea: support memarea test\n memarea: support alloc/free/refcnt-update API\n test/memarea: support alloc/free/refcnt-update test\n memarea: support dump API\n test/memarea: support dump test\n app/test: add memarea to malloc-perf-autotest\n\n---\nv9:\n* address Dmitry's comments.\n* drop features of SOURCE_USER and backup memarea mechanism.\n* rename rte_memarea_update_refcnt to rte_memarea_refcnt_update\n to keep with rte_mbuf_refcnt_update name style.\n* fix memarea perftest compile failed at windows platform.\n* fix spell warning.\nv8:\n* address Mattias's comments (rename ALG_DEFAULT with ALG_NEXTFIT).\n* small feature patches are combined.\n* enhanced backup memory mechanism.\n* add memarea to malloc-perf-autotest.\n* other tiny naming optimize.\nv7:\n* repost patches as there are spread over different series in patchwork.\nv6:\n* address Mattias's comments.\nv5:\n* fix 09/10 patch spell warning.\nv4:\n* repost patches as there are spread over different series in patchwork.\nv3:\n* add memory source of RTE memory.\n* add algorithm field to facilitate the introduction of new algorithms.\n* fix memarea log don't output problem.\nv2:\n* fix compile issues reported by dpdk-test-report.\n* address Dimitry and Jerin's comments.\n* add no MT-safe test.\n\n MAINTAINERS | 6 +\n app/test/meson.build | 2 +\n app/test/test_malloc_perf.c | 75 +++++\n app/test/test_memarea.c | 320 ++++++++++++++++++++\n doc/api/doxy-api-index.md | 3 +-\n doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in | 1 +\n doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst | 1 +\n doc/guides/prog_guide/memarea_lib.rst | 52 ++++\n doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst | 6 +\n lib/eal/common/eal_common_log.c | 1 +\n lib/eal/include/rte_log.h | 1 +\n lib/memarea/memarea_private.h | 36 +++\n lib/memarea/meson.build | 16 +\n lib/memarea/rte_memarea.c | 398 +++++++++++++++++++++++++\n lib/memarea/rte_memarea.h | 219 ++++++++++++++\n lib/memarea/version.map | 16 +\n lib/meson.build | 1 +\n 17 files changed, 1153 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\n create mode 100644 app/test/test_memarea.c\n create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/memarea_lib.rst\n create mode 100644 lib/memarea/memarea_private.h\n create mode 100644 lib/memarea/meson.build\n create mode 100644 lib/memarea/rte_memarea.c\n create mode 100644 lib/memarea/rte_memarea.h\n create mode 100644 lib/memarea/version.map" }{ "id": 118042, "url": "