Re: [RFC 1/2] eal: add pointer compression functions

2023-10-11 Thread Paul Szczepanek
On 11/10/2023 14:36, Honnappa Nagarahalli wrote: -Original Message- From: Thomas Monjalon Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 10:54 AM To: Paul Szczepanek Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Honnappa Nagarahalli ; Kamalakshitha Aligeri Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] eal: add pointer compression functions [...] I

RE: [RFC 1/2] eal: add pointer compression functions

2023-10-11 Thread Honnappa Nagarahalli
> -Original Message- > From: Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 10:54 AM > To: Paul Szczepanek > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Honnappa Nagarahalli ; > Kamalakshitha Aligeri > Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] eal: add pointer compression functions > > 27/09/

Re: [RFC 1/2] eal: add pointer compression functions

2023-10-09 Thread Thomas Monjalon
27/09/2023 17:08, Paul Szczepanek: > Add a new utility header for compressing pointers. Pointers are > compressed by taking advantage of their locality. Instead of > storing the full address only an offset from a known base is stored. You probably need to insert some explanations from the cover le

[RFC 1/2] eal: add pointer compression functions

2023-09-27 Thread Paul Szczepanek
Add a new utility header for compressing pointers. Pointers are compressed by taking advantage of their locality. Instead of storing the full address only an offset from a known base is stored. The provided functions can store pointers in 32bit offsets. Suggested-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli Signed-