+rte_mempool_create_empty(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
+ unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
+ int socket_id, unsigned flags);
+/**
+ * Free a mempool
+ *
+ * Unlink the mempool from global list, free the memory chunks, and all
+ * memory referenced by the mempool. The objects must not be used by
+ * other cores as they will be freed.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ */
+void
+rte_mempool_free(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * Add physically contiguous memory for objects in the pool at init
+ *
+ * Add a virtually and physically contiguous memory chunk in the pool
+ * where objects can be instantiated.
+ *
+ * If the given physical address is unknown (paddr = RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR),
+ * the chunk doesn't need to be physically contiguous (only virtually),
+ * and allocated objects may span two pages.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @param vaddr
+ * The virtual address of memory that should be used to store objects.
+ * @param paddr
+ * The physical address
+ * @param len
+ * The length of memory in bytes.
+ * @param free_cb
+ * The callback used to free this chunk when destroying the mempool.
+ * @param opaque
+ * An opaque argument passed to free_cb.
+ * @return
+ * The number of objects added on success.
+ * On error, the chunk is not added in the memory list of the
+ * mempool and a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+int rte_mempool_populate_phys(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
+ phys_addr_t paddr, size_t len, rte_mempool_memchunk_free_cb_t *free_cb,
+ void *opaque);
+
+/**
+ * Add physical memory for objects in the pool at init
+ *
+ * Add a virtually contiguous memory chunk in the pool where objects can
+ * be instantiated. The physical addresses corresponding to the virtual
+ * area are described in paddr[], pg_num, pg_shift.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @param vaddr
+ * The virtual address of memory that should be used to store objects.
+ * @param paddr
+ * An array of physical addresses of each page composing the virtual
+ * area.
+ * @param pg_num
+ * Number of elements in the paddr array.
+ * @param pg_shift
+ * LOG2 of the physical pages size.
+ * @param free_cb
+ * The callback used to free this chunk when destroying the mempool.
+ * @param opaque
+ * An opaque argument passed to free_cb.
+ * @return
+ * The number of objects added on success.
+ * On error, the chunks are not added in the memory list of the
+ * mempool and a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+int rte_mempool_populate_phys_tab(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
+ const phys_addr_t paddr[], uint32_t pg_num, uint32_t pg_shift,
+ rte_mempool_memchunk_free_cb_t *free_cb, void *opaque);
+
+/**
+ * Add virtually contiguous memory for objects in the pool at init
+ *
+ * Add a virtually contiguous memory chunk in the pool where objects can
+ * be instantiated.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @param addr
+ * The virtual address of memory that should be used to store objects.
+ * Must be page-aligned.
+ * @param len
+ * The length of memory in bytes. Must be page-aligned.
+ * @param pg_sz
+ * The size of memory pages in this virtual area.
+ * @param free_cb
+ * The callback used to free this chunk when destroying the mempool.
+ * @param opaque
+ * An opaque argument passed to free_cb.
+ * @return
+ * The number of objects added on success.
+ * On error, the chunk is not added in the memory list of the
+ * mempool and a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+int
+rte_mempool_populate_virt(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *addr,
+ size_t len, size_t pg_sz, rte_mempool_memchunk_free_cb_t *free_cb,
+ void *opaque);
+
+/**
+ * Add memory for objects in the pool at init
+ *
+ * This is the default function used by rte_mempool_create() to populate
+ * the mempool. It adds memory allocated using rte_memzone_reserve().
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @return
+ * The number of objects added on success.
+ * On error, the chunk is not added in the memory list of the
+ * mempool and a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+int rte_mempool_populate_default(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * Add memory from anonymous mapping for objects in the pool at init
+ *
+ * This function mmap an anonymous memory zone that is locked in
+ * memory to store the objects of the mempool.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @return
+ * The number of objects added on success.
+ * On error, the chunk is not added in the memory list of the
+ * mempool and a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+int rte_mempool_populate_anon(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * Call a function for each mempool element
+ *
+ * Iterate across all objects attached to a rte_mempool and call the
+ * callback function on it.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ * A pointer to an initialized mempool.
+ * @param obj_cb
+ * A function pointer that is called for each object.
+ * @param obj_cb_arg
+ * An opaque pointer passed to the callback function.
+ * @return
+ * Number of objects iterated.
+ */
+uint32_t rte_mempool_obj_iter(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+ rte_mempool_obj_cb_t *obj_cb, void *obj_cb_arg);