Add lock-free reader/writer concurrency capability in rte_hash library to release notes.
Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin...@arm.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 04f3745..2b3f23d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ New Features this application doesn't need to launch dedicated worker threads for vhost enqueue/dequeue operations. +* **Add lock free reader/writer concurrency to hash library (rte_hash)** + + Lock free reader/writer concurrency prevents the readers from getting + blocked due to a pre-empted writer thread. This allows the hash library + to be used in scenarios where the writer thread runs on control plane. API Changes ----------- -- 2.7.4
