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doc: fix description of attach to indirect mbuf

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Since commit 4a96e8b652181 ("mbuf: allow to clone an indirect mbuf")
attaching to an indirect mbuf creates a clone of that mbuf. Update the mbuf
documentation to match.

Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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Baruch Siach 2016-12-06 10:25:25 +02:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Similarly, whenever the indirect buffer is detached, the reference counter on th
If the resulting reference counter is equal to 0, the direct buffer is freed since it is no longer in use.
There are a few things to remember when dealing with indirect buffers.
First of all, it is not possible to attach an indirect buffer to another indirect buffer.
First of all, an indirect buffer is never attached to another indirect buffer.
Attempting to attach buffer A to indirect buffer B that is attached to C, makes rte_pktmbuf_attach() automatically attach A to C, effectively cloning B.
Secondly, for a buffer to become indirect, its reference counter must be equal to 1,
that is, it must not be already referenced by another indirect buffer.
Finally, it is not possible to reattach an indirect buffer to the direct buffer (unless it is detached first).