Harmonize vec/pool_get_aligned object sizes and alignment requests

Object sizes must evenly divide alignment requests, or vice
versa. Otherwise, only the first object will be aligned as
requested.

Three choices: add CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK(align_me) at
the end of structures, manually pad to an even divisor or multiple of
the alignment request, or use plain vectors/pools.

static assert for enforcement.

Change-Id: I41aa6ff1a58267301d32aaf4b9cd24678ac1c147
Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dbarach@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/vnet/dpo/load_balance.h b/src/vnet/dpo/load_balance.h
index d37f07d579f..dd9589f9ee8 100644
--- a/src/vnet/dpo/load_balance.h
+++ b/src/vnet/dpo/load_balance.h
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ typedef struct load_balance_path_t_ {
  */
 typedef struct load_balance_t_ {
     /**
+     * required for pool_get_aligned.
+     *  memebers used in the switch path come first!
+     */
+    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK(cacheline0);
+
+    /**
      * number of buckets in the load-balance. always a power of 2.
      */
     u16 lb_n_buckets;