I am wondering why odp_buffer_t is still around, when it is supposed to be
replaced by odp_event_t?

Best regards,

Ola D


On Fri Jan 16 2015 at 4:18:36 PM Bill Fischofer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> odp_buffer.c is the implementation of all of the APIs defined in
> odp_buffer.h.  I'm not sure what you're asking here.
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Ola Dahl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-01-15 16:40, Petri Savolainen wrote:
>>
>>> This patches introduces odp_event_t and replaces with that the usage of
>>> odp_buffer_t as the super class for other "buffer types". What used to
>>> be a
>>> buffer type is now an event type.
>>>
>>
>> I wonder why odp_buffer_t is still kept?
>>
>> And why, for instance, the file odp_buffer.c is needed? (or, why it is
>> not named odp_event.c?)
>>
>> Shall we think of
>>
>> events as "things that can be scheduled and can be stored in queues"
>>
>> and
>>
>> buffers as "places where data can be stored" ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ola D (a bit confused)
>>
>>
>>
>>> There are some lines over 80 char, since those are caused by temporary
>>> event <-> buffer, packet -> event -> buffer conversions and should be
>>> cleaned up
>>> from the implementation anyway.
>>>
>>> Petri Savolainen (15):
>>>    api: event: Add odp_event_t
>>>    api: event: odp_schedule and odp_queue_enq
>>>    api: event: schedule_multi and queue_enq_multi
>>>    api: event: odp_queue_deq
>>>    api: event: odp_queue_deq_multi
>>>    api: buffer: Removed odp_buffer_type
>>>    api: packet: Removed odp_packet_to_buffer
>>>    api: packet: Removed odp_packet_from_buffer
>>>    api: timer: Use odp_event_t instead of odp_buffer_t
>>>    api: crypto: Use odp_event_t instead of odp_buffer_t
>>>    linux-generic: crypto: Use packet alloc for packet
>>>    api: buffer_pool: Rename odp_buffer_pool.h to odp_pool.h
>>>    api: pool: Rename pool params and remove buffer types
>>>    api: pool: Rename odp_buffer_pool_ to odp_pool_
>>>    api: config: Renamed ODP_CONFIG_BUFFER_POOLS
>>>
>>>   example/generator/odp_generator.c                  |  38 ++---
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec.c                          |  70 ++++----
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec_cache.c                    |   4 +-
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec_cache.h                    |   2 +-
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec_loop_db.c                  |   2 +-
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec_loop_db.h                  |  12 +-
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec_stream.c                   |  20 +--
>>>   example/ipsec/odp_ipsec_stream.h                   |   2 +-
>>>   example/l2fwd/odp_l2fwd.c                          |  28 +--
>>>   example/packet/odp_pktio.c                         |  28 +--
>>>   example/timer/odp_timer_test.c                     |  64 +++----
>>>   platform/linux-generic/Makefile.am                 |   4 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp.h           |   3 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_buffer.h    |  40 +++--
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/api/odp_buffer_pool.h    | 177
>>> -------------------
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/api/odp_classification.h |   2 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_config.h    |   4 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_crypto.h    |  16 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_event.h     |  59 +++++++
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet.h    |  29 ++--
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h |   4 +-
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/api/odp_platform_types.h |  10 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_pool.h      | 189
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_queue.h     |  32 ++--
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_schedule.h  |  32 ++--
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_timer.h     |  56 +++---
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/odp_buffer_inlines.h     |   6 +-
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/odp_buffer_internal.h    |  20 ++-
>>>   .../include/odp_buffer_pool_internal.h             |  22 +--
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/odp_crypto_internal.h    |   2 +-
>>>   .../linux-generic/include/odp_packet_internal.h    |   8 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/include/odp_packet_socket.h |  10 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_buffer.c                |  12 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_buffer_pool.c           | 133
>>> +++++++--------
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_crypto.c                |  29 ++--
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_event.c                 |  19 +++
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_packet.c                |  34 ++--
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_packet_io.c             |  14 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_packet_socket.c         |  10 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_queue.c                 |  18 +-
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_schedule.c              |  48 +++---
>>>   platform/linux-generic/odp_timer.c                 |  35 ++--
>>>   test/performance/odp_scheduling.c                  | 105 +++++++-----
>>>   43 files changed, 806 insertions(+), 646 deletions(-)
>>>   delete mode 100644 platform/linux-generic/
>>> include/api/odp_buffer_pool.h
>>>   create mode 100644 platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_event.h
>>>   create mode 100644 platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_pool.h
>>>   create mode 100644 platform/linux-generic/odp_event.c
>>>
>>>
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