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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md index 0361a632c37..b99460732c5 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md @@ -48,13 +48,16 @@ macro! It's smart about NULL pointers.\] Typically, the user header is not present. User headers allow for other data structures to be built atop vppinfra vectors. Users may specify the -alignment for data elements via the [vec]()\*\_aligned macros. +alignment for first data element of a vector via the [vec]()\*\_aligned +macros. -Vectors elements can be any C type e.g. (int, double, struct bar). This +Vector elements can be any C type e.g. (int, double, struct bar). This is also true for data types built atop vectors (e.g. heap, pool, etc.). -Many macros have \_a variants supporting alignment of vector data and -\_h variants supporting non-zero-length vector headers. The \_ha -variants support both. +Many macros have \_a variants supporting alignment of vector elements +and \_h variants supporting non-zero-length vector headers. The \_ha +variants support both. Additionally cacheline alignment within a +vector element structure can be specified using the +[CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK]() macro. Inconsistent usage of header and/or alignment related macro variants will cause delayed, confusing failures. |