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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h index 9899a170..7363e6cf 100644 --- a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h +++ b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h @@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ void rte_kni_init(unsigned int max_kni_ifaces); * The rte_kni_alloc shall not be called before rte_kni_init() has been * called. rte_kni_alloc is thread safe. * + * The mempool should have capacity of more than "2 x KNI_FIFO_COUNT_MAX" + * elements for each KNI interface allocated. + * * @param pktmbuf_pool * The mempool for allocting mbufs for packets. * @param conf @@ -160,8 +163,8 @@ int rte_kni_handle_request(struct rte_kni *kni); /** * Retrieve a burst of packets from a KNI interface. The retrieved packets are * stored in rte_mbuf structures whose pointers are supplied in the array of - * mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles the freeing of - * the mbufs in the free queue of KNI interface. + * mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles allocating + * the mbufs for KNI interface alloc queue. * * @param kni * The KNI interface context. @@ -179,8 +182,8 @@ unsigned rte_kni_rx_burst(struct rte_kni *kni, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, /** * Send a burst of packets to a KNI interface. The packets to be sent out are * stored in rte_mbuf structures whose pointers are supplied in the array of - * mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles allocating - * the mbufs for KNI interface alloc queue. + * mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles the freeing of + * the mbufs in the free queue of KNI interface. * * @param kni * The KNI interface context. |