test-pmd txonly leaks mbuf from the pool.
The function tx_mbuf_alloc() does not change the refcnt
and the refcnt is 0 when it is first allocated.
However, rte_pktmbuf_free_seg called by the driver's xmit code decrements
reference count to -1. So mbuf never goes back to the pool.
As a result, txonly can't send packets after it exhausts the mempool.
The function tx_mbuf_alloc() was getting mbuf directly from mempool and so
was bypassing mbuf API.
The dedicated function is rte_pktmbuf_alloc() but it is much slower because
it does unnecessary initializations in rte_pktmbuf_reset().
By using the internal API __rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(), refcnt is correctly handled
without adding too much overload.
Signed-off-by: Dongsu Han <dongsuh@cs.cmu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>