+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Get a contiguous blocks of objects from the mempool.
+ *
+ * If cache is enabled, consider to flush it first, to reuse objects
+ * as soon as possible.
+ *
+ * The application should check that the driver supports the operation
+ * by calling rte_mempool_ops_get_info() and checking that `contig_block_size`
+ * is not zero.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @param first_obj_table
+ * A pointer to a pointer to the first object in each block.
+ * @param n
+ * The number of blocks to get from mempool.
+ * @return
+ * - 0: Success; blocks taken.
+ * - -ENOBUFS: Not enough entries in the mempool; no object is retrieved.
+ * - -EOPNOTSUPP: The mempool driver does not support block dequeue
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline int
+__rte_experimental
+rte_mempool_get_contig_blocks(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ void **first_obj_table, unsigned int n)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = rte_mempool_ops_dequeue_contig_blocks(mp, first_obj_table, n);
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ __MEMPOOL_CONTIG_BLOCKS_STAT_ADD(mp, get_success, n);
+ __mempool_contig_blocks_check_cookies(mp, first_obj_table, n,
+ 1);
+ } else {
+ __MEMPOOL_CONTIG_BLOCKS_STAT_ADD(mp, get_fail, n);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+