From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gage Eads Subject: [PATCH v3] mempool: remove non-EAL thread note from header Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:20:58 -0500 Message-ID: <1490278858-27257-1-git-send-email-gage.eads@intel.com> References: <1490202268-3799-1-git-send-email-gage.eads@intel.com> Cc: olivier.matz@6wind.com To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564F6CF66 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:21:06 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1490202268-3799-1-git-send-email-gage.eads@intel.com> 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 v3: Fix checkpatch error 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 -- 2.7.4