+ * Create a new mempool named *name* in memory.
+ *
+ * The pool contains n elements of elt_size. Its size is set to n.
+ * This function uses ``memzone_reserve()`` to allocate the mempool header
+ * (and the objects if vaddr is NULL).
+ * Depending on the input parameters, mempool elements can be either allocated
+ * together with the mempool header, or an externally provided memory buffer
+ * could be used to store mempool objects. In later case, that external
+ * memory buffer can consist of set of disjoint physical pages.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ * The name of the mempool.
+ * @param n
+ * The number of elements in the mempool. The optimum size (in terms of
+ * memory usage) for a mempool is when n is a power of two minus one:
+ * n = (2^q - 1).
+ * @param elt_size
+ * The size of each element.
+ * @param cache_size
+ * Size of the cache. See rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ * @param private_data_size
+ * The size of the private data appended after the mempool
+ * structure. This is useful for storing some private data after the
+ * mempool structure, as is done for rte_mbuf_pool for example.
+ * @param mp_init
+ * A function pointer that is called for initialization of the pool,
+ * before object initialization. The user can initialize the private
+ * data in this function if needed. This parameter can be NULL if
+ * not needed.
+ * @param mp_init_arg
+ * An opaque pointer to data that can be used in the mempool
+ * constructor function.
+ * @param obj_init
+ * A function called for each object at initialization of the pool.
+ * See rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ * @param obj_init_arg
+ * An opaque pointer passed to the object constructor function.
+ * @param socket_id
+ * The *socket_id* argument is the socket identifier in the case of
+ * NUMA. The value can be *SOCKET_ID_ANY* if there is no NUMA
+ * constraint for the reserved zone.
+ * @param flags
+ * Flags controlling the behavior of the mempool. See
+ * rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ * @param vaddr
+ * Virtual address of the externally allocated memory buffer.
+ * Will be used to store mempool objects.
+ * @param paddr
+ * Array of physical addresses of the pages that comprises given memory
+ * buffer.
+ * @param pg_num
+ * Number of elements in the paddr array.
+ * @param pg_shift
+ * LOG2 of the physical pages size.
+ * @return
+ * The pointer to the new allocated mempool, on success. NULL on error
+ * with rte_errno set appropriately. See rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ */
+struct rte_mempool *
+rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
+ unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
+ rte_mempool_ctor_t *mp_init, void *mp_init_arg,
+ rte_mempool_obj_cb_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
+ int socket_id, unsigned flags, void *vaddr,
+ const phys_addr_t paddr[], uint32_t pg_num, uint32_t pg_shift);
+
+/**
+ * Create an empty mempool
+ *
+ * The mempool is allocated and initialized, but it is not populated: no
+ * memory is allocated for the mempool elements. The user has to call
+ * rte_mempool_populate_*() to add memory chunks to the pool. Once
+ * populated, the user may also want to initialize each object with
+ * rte_mempool_obj_iter().
+ *
+ * @param name
+ * The name of the mempool.
+ * @param n
+ * The maximum number of elements that can be added in the mempool.
+ * The optimum size (in terms of memory usage) for a mempool is when n
+ * is a power of two minus one: n = (2^q - 1).
+ * @param elt_size
+ * The size of each element.
+ * @param cache_size
+ * Size of the cache. See rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ * @param private_data_size
+ * The size of the private data appended after the mempool
+ * structure. This is useful for storing some private data after the
+ * mempool structure, as is done for rte_mbuf_pool for example.
+ * @param socket_id
+ * The *socket_id* argument is the socket identifier in the case of
+ * NUMA. The value can be *SOCKET_ID_ANY* if there is no NUMA
+ * constraint for the reserved zone.
+ * @param flags
+ * Flags controlling the behavior of the mempool. See
+ * rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ * @return
+ * The pointer to the new allocated mempool, on success. NULL on error
+ * with rte_errno set appropriately. See rte_mempool_create() for details.
+ */
+struct rte_mempool *
+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