X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fprog_guide%2Fring_lib.rst;h=895484d9597bdfcfb49733c6a575cbe864791de6;hb=4d9fd85fb5458a3445bc3aabf971d0a3edb2dfb3;hp=26670cad04e1648f2c6ff218b13306fc21a013da;hpb=1cc363b8ce06e855305c6f0e9a9c63bb42a8ac28;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/ring_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/ring_lib.rst
index 26670cad04..895484d959 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/ring_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/ring_lib.rst
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ That should help users to configure ring in the most suitable way for his
 specific usage scenarios.
 Currently supported modes:
 
+.. _Ring_Library_MPMC_Mode:
+
 MP/MC (default one)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -369,11 +371,15 @@ per core) this is usually the most suitable and fastest synchronization mode.
 As a well known limitation - it can perform quite pure on some overcommitted
 scenarios.
 
+.. _Ring_Library_SPSC_Mode:
+
 SP/SC
 ~~~~~
 Single-producer (/single-consumer) mode. In this mode only one thread at a time
 is allowed to enqueue (/dequeue) objects to (/from) the ring.
 
+.. _Ring_Library_MT_RTS_Mode:
+
 MP_RTS/MC_RTS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -390,6 +396,8 @@ one for head update, second for tail update.
 In comparison the original MP/MC algorithm requires one 32-bit CAS
 for head update and waiting/spinning on tail value.
 
+.. _Ring_Library_MT_HTS_Mode:
+
 MP_HTS/MC_HTS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -405,6 +413,45 @@ update and helps to improve ring enqueue/dequeue behavior in overcommitted
 scenarios. Another advantage of fully serialized producer/consumer -
 it provides the ability to implement MT safe peek API for rte_ring.
 
+Ring Peek API
+-------------
+
+For ring with serialized producer/consumer (HTS sync mode) it is possible
+to split public enqueue/dequeue API into two phases:
+
+*   enqueue/dequeue start
+
+*   enqueue/dequeue finish
+
+That allows user to inspect objects in the ring without removing them
+from it (aka MT safe peek) and reserve space for the objects in the ring
+before actual enqueue.
+Note that this API is available only for two sync modes:
+
+*   Single Producer/Single Consumer (SP/SC)
+
+*   Multi-producer/Multi-consumer with Head/Tail Sync (HTS)
+
+It is a user responsibility to create/init ring with appropriate sync modes
+selected. As an example of usage:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* read 1 elem from the ring: */
+    uint32_t n = rte_ring_dequeue_bulk_start(ring, &obj, 1, NULL);
+    if (n != 0) {
+        /* examine object */
+        if (object_examine(obj) == KEEP)
+            /* decided to keep it in the ring. */
+            rte_ring_dequeue_finish(ring, 0);
+        else
+            /* decided to remove it from the ring. */
+            rte_ring_dequeue_finish(ring, n);
+    }
+
+Note that between ``_start_`` and ``_finish_`` none other thread can proceed
+with enqueue(/dequeue) operation till ``_finish_`` completes.
+
 References
 ----------