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From: Matthew Hall <mhall-Hv3ogNYU3JfZZajBQzqCxQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: rte_mbuf: documentation, meta-data,
 and inconsistencies
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:09:16 -0700
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 08:00:59PM -0400, daniel chapiesky wrote:
> But, in the end, sharing the meta-data area with the packet headroom seems
> to be a very
> bad idea.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Daniel Chapiesky

You might have picked a good time to inquire about it as some of the Intel 
guys are making patches to clean up rte_mbuf during the last couple of weeks 
as we speak.

Matthew.