From patchwork Wed Mar 22 17:04:28 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Eads, Gage" X-Patchwork-Id: 22088 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 946C4692F; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:04:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0514F1094 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:04:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2017 10:04:40 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,206,1486454400"; d="scan'208";a="947100286" Received: from txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com (HELO txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com.) ([10.123.72.111]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2017 10:04:40 -0700 From: Gage Eads To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: olivier.matz@6wind.com Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:04:28 -0500 Message-Id: <1490202268-3799-1-git-send-email-gage.eads@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1490063680-13969-1-git-send-email-gage.eads@intel.com> References: <1490063680-13969-1-git-send-email-gage.eads@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mempool: remove non-EAL thread note from header X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Commit 30e6399892276 ("mempool: support non-EAL thread") added the capability for non-EAL threads to use the mempool library. This commit removes the note indicating that the mempool library cannot be used safely by non-EAL threads. Also, fix a typo. Signed-off-by: Gage Eads --- v2: Changed commit message to referenced commit 30e63998 instead of 4b5062755 lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h index 991feaa..b1186fd 100644 --- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h +++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h @@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ * * Note: the mempool implementation is not preemptable. A lcore must * not be interrupted by another task that uses the same mempool - * (because it uses a ring which is not preemptable). Also, mempool - * functions must not be used outside the DPDK environment: for - * example, in linuxapp environment, a thread that is not created by - * the EAL must not use mempools. This is due to the per-lcore cache - * that won't work as rte_lcore_id() will not return a correct value. + * (because it uses a ring which is not preemptible). */ #include