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diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/ivshmem_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/ivshmem_lib.rst index 9401ccf2..b8a32e4c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/ivshmem_lib.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/ivshmem_lib.rst @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ The following is a simple guide to using the IVSHMEM Library API: Only data structures fully residing in DPDK hugepage memory work correctly. Supported data structures created by malloc(), mmap() or otherwise using non-DPDK memory cause undefined behavior and even a segmentation fault. + Specifically, because the memzone field in an rte_ring refers to a memzone structure residing in local memory, + accessing the memzone field in a shared rte_ring will cause an immediate segmentation fault. IVSHMEM Environment Configuration --------------------------------- |