On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:29:07 +0200
Olivier Matz <[email protected]> wrote:
> /**
> * Indicate that the metadata field in the mbuf is in use.
> @@ -738,6 +741,8 @@ struct rte_mbuf {
> */
> struct rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info *shinfo;
>
> + uint64_t dynfield1; /**< Reserved for dynamic fields. */
> + uint64_t dynfield2; /**< Reserved for dynamic fields. */
> } __rte_cache_aligned;
Growing mbuf is a fundamental ABI break and this needs
higher level approval. Why not one pointer?
It looks like you are creating something like FreeBSD m_tag.
Why not use that?
