Applications should request the amount of storage they need (possibly as configured) rather than trying to grab everything they can find "just in case". Especially in an NFV environment that's not very neighborly behavior.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov < dmitry.ereminsoleni...@linaro.org> wrote: > On 23/10/17 10:39, Maxim Uvarov wrote: > > It might be reasonable to add also api call to get return free memory. So > > that application can adjust pools /buffers size according to hardware or > VM > > settings. Which might be good fit for NFV set up. > > Any opinions on that? > > It would depend on the platform too much. Also remember, that in some > cases buffers/packets will use separate memory, not main RAM. > > -- > With best wishes > Dmitry >