mbuf: decrease reference counter when detaching

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_07.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
index 71d3540..a8c50c8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ New Features
 
      Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
 
+* **Removed mempool cache if not needed.**
+
+  The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
@@ -65,6 +69,12 @@ Drivers
 Libraries
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+* **mbuf: Fixed refcnt update when detaching.**
+
+  Fix the ``rte_pktmbuf_detach()`` function to decrement the direct
+  mbuf's reference counter. The previous behavior was not to affect
+  the reference counter. It lead a memory leak of the direct mbuf.
+
 
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
@@ -132,7 +142,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_kvargs.so.1
      librte_lpm.so.2
      librte_mbuf.so.2
-     librte_mempool.so.1
+   + librte_mempool.so.2
      librte_meter.so.1
      librte_pipeline.so.3
      librte_pmd_bond.so.1