event/sw: improve performance

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_20_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
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@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ New Features
   Added the FEC API which provides functions for query FEC capabilities and
   current FEC mode from device. Also, API for configuring FEC mode is also provided.
 
   Added the FEC API which provides functions for query FEC capabilities and
   current FEC mode from device. Also, API for configuring FEC mode is also provided.
 

+* **Added thread safety to rte_flow functions.**
+
+  Added ``RTE_ETH_DEV_FLOW_OPS_THREAD_SAFE`` device flag to indicate
+  whether PMD supports thread safe operations. If PMD doesn't set the flag,
+  rte_flow API level functions will protect the flow operations with mutex.
+

 * **Updated Broadcom bnxt driver.**
 
   Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with new features and improvements, including:
 * **Updated Broadcom bnxt driver.**
 
   Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with new features and improvements, including:


@@ -214,6 +220,11 @@ New Features
 
   See the :doc:`../regexdevs/octeontx2` for more details.
 
 
   See the :doc:`../regexdevs/octeontx2` for more details.
 

+* **Updated Software Eventdev driver.**
+
+  Added performance tuning arguments to allow tuning the scheduler for
+  better throughtput in high core count use cases.
+

 * **Updated ioat rawdev driver**
 
   The ioat rawdev driver has been updated and enhanced. Changes include:
 * **Updated ioat rawdev driver**
 
   The ioat rawdev driver has been updated and enhanced. Changes include: