+/**
+ * Calculate the memory size needed for a ring
+ *
+ * This function returns the number of bytes needed for a ring, given
+ * the number of elements in it. This value is the sum of the size of
+ * the structure rte_ring and the size of the memory needed by the
+ * objects pointers. The value is aligned to a cache line size.
+ *
+ * @param count
+ * The number of elements in the ring (must be a power of 2).
+ * @return
+ * - The memory size needed for the ring on success.
+ * - -EINVAL if count is not a power of 2.
+ */
+ssize_t rte_ring_get_memsize(unsigned count);
+
+/**
+ * Initialize a ring structure.
+ *
+ * Initialize a ring structure in memory pointed by "r". The size of the
+ * memory area must be large enough to store the ring structure and the
+ * object table. It is advised to use rte_ring_get_memsize() to get the
+ * appropriate size.
+ *
+ * The ring size is set to *count*, which must be a power of two. Water
+ * marking is disabled by default. The real usable ring size is
+ * *count-1* instead of *count* to differentiate a free ring from an
+ * empty ring.
+ *
+ * The ring is not added in RTE_TAILQ_RING global list. Indeed, the
+ * memory given by the caller may not be shareable among dpdk
+ * processes.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ * The pointer to the ring structure followed by the objects table.
+ * @param name
+ * The name of the ring.
+ * @param count
+ * The number of elements in the ring (must be a power of 2).
+ * @param flags
+ * An OR of the following:
+ * - RING_F_SP_ENQ: If this flag is set, the default behavior when
+ * using ``rte_ring_enqueue()`` or ``rte_ring_enqueue_bulk()``
+ * is "single-producer". Otherwise, it is "multi-producers".
+ * - RING_F_SC_DEQ: If this flag is set, the default behavior when
+ * using ``rte_ring_dequeue()`` or ``rte_ring_dequeue_bulk()``
+ * is "single-consumer". Otherwise, it is "multi-consumers".
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, or a negative value on error.
+ */
+int rte_ring_init(struct rte_ring *r, const char *name, unsigned count,
+ unsigned flags);
+