Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: introduce lock-free txq capability flag

-Original Message- > Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:08:57 +0200 > From: Thomas Monjalon > To: Jerin Jacob > Cc: dev@dpdk.org, ferruh.yi...@intel.com, john.mcnam...@intel.com > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: introduce lock-free txq > capability flag > >

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: introduce lock-free txq capability flag

Hi Jerin, Thanks for the update. I think we can add this new flag in 17.08. I prefer waiting John's review, especially for doc wording, before applying it. I consider it does not hurt to add it post-rc1. See below for my first comment on the doc. 06/07/2017 08:21, Jerin Jacob: > Introducing the

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: introduce lock-free txq capability flag

Introducing the DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MT_LOCKFREE TX capability flag. if a PMD advertises DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MT_LOCKFREE capable, multiple threads can invoke rte_eth_tx_burst() concurrently on the same tx queue without SW lock. This PMD feature will be useful in the following use cases and found in the OCTEON