[PATCH v5 1/4] eventdev/timer: add periodic event timer support

This patch adds support to configure and use periodic event timers in software timer adapter. The structure ``rte_event_timer_adapter_stats`` is extended by adding a new field, ``evtim_drop_count``. This stat represents the number of times an event_timer expiry event is dropped by the event timer

[PATCH v5 1/4] eventdev/timer: add periodic event timer support

This patch adds support to configure and use periodic event timers in software timer adapter. The structure ``rte_event_timer_adapter_stats`` is extended by adding a new field, ``evtim_drop_count``. This stat represents the number of times an event_timer expiry event is dropped by the event timer