[v9,2/4] mbuf: remove rte marker fields

diff --git a/devtools/libabigail.abignore b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
index 645d289..ad13179 100644
--- a/devtools/libabigail.abignore
+++ b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ 
 [suppress_type]
 	name = rte_eth_fp_ops
 	has_data_member_inserted_between = {offset_of(reserved2), end}
+
+[suppress_type]
+	name = rte_mbuf
+	type_kind = struct
+	has_size_change = no
+	has_data_member = {cacheline0, rearm_data, rx_descriptor_fields1, cacheline1}
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst
index 013c12f..ffc0d62 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_03.rst
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@  Removed Items
 
 * acc101: Removed obsolete code for non productized HW variant.
 
+* mbuf: ``RTE_MARKER`` fields ``cacheline0`` and ``cacheline1``
+  have been removed from ``struct rte_mbuf``.
 
 API Changes
 -----------
diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index 286b32b..4c4722e 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ 
 static inline void
 rte_mbuf_prefetch_part1(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 {
-	rte_prefetch0(&m->cacheline0);
+	rte_prefetch0(m);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ 
 rte_mbuf_prefetch_part2(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 {
 #if RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE == 64
-	rte_prefetch0(&m->cacheline1);
+	rte_prefetch0(RTE_PTR_ADD(m, RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE));
 #else
 	RTE_SET_USED(m);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
index 9f58076..9d838b8 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
@@ -465,8 +465,6 @@  enum {
  * The generic rte_mbuf, containing a packet mbuf.
  */
 struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_mbuf {
-	RTE_MARKER cacheline0;
-
 	void *buf_addr;           /**< Virtual address of segment buffer. */
 #if RTE_IOVA_IN_MBUF
 	/**
@@ -488,127 +486,138 @@  struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_mbuf {
 #endif
 
 	/* next 8 bytes are initialised on RX descriptor rearm */
-	RTE_MARKER64 rearm_data;
-	uint16_t data_off;
-
-	/**
-	 * Reference counter. Its size should at least equal to the size
-	 * of port field (16 bits), to support zero-copy broadcast.
-	 * It should only be accessed using the following functions:
-	 * rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(), rte_mbuf_refcnt_read(), and
-	 * rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(). The functionality of these functions (atomic,
-	 * or non-atomic) is controlled by the RTE_MBUF_REFCNT_ATOMIC flag.
-	 */
-	RTE_ATOMIC(uint16_t) refcnt;
+	union {
+		uint64_t rearm_data[1];
+		__extension__
+		struct {
+			uint16_t data_off;
+
+			/**
+			 * Reference counter. Its size should at least equal to the size
+			 * of port field (16 bits), to support zero-copy broadcast.
+			 * It should only be accessed using the following functions:
+			 * rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(), rte_mbuf_refcnt_read(), and
+			 * rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(). The functionality of these functions (atomic,
+			 * or non-atomic) is controlled by the RTE_MBUF_REFCNT_ATOMIC flag.
+			 */
+			RTE_ATOMIC(uint16_t) refcnt;
 
-	/**
-	 * Number of segments. Only valid for the first segment of an mbuf
-	 * chain.
-	 */
-	uint16_t nb_segs;
+			/**
+			 * Number of segments. Only valid for the first segment of an mbuf
+			 * chain.
+			 */
+			uint16_t nb_segs;
 
-	/** Input port (16 bits to support more than 256 virtual ports).
-	 * The event eth Tx adapter uses this field to specify the output port.
-	 */
-	uint16_t port;
+			/** Input port (16 bits to support more than 256 virtual ports).
+			 * The event eth Tx adapter uses this field to specify the output port.
+			 */
+			uint16_t port;
+		};
+	};
 
 	uint64_t ol_flags;        /**< Offload features. */
 
-	/* remaining bytes are set on RX when pulling packet from descriptor */
-	RTE_MARKER rx_descriptor_fields1;
-
-	/*
-	 * The packet type, which is the combination of outer/inner L2, L3, L4
-	 * and tunnel types. The packet_type is about data really present in the
-	 * mbuf. Example: if vlan stripping is enabled, a received vlan packet
-	 * would have RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER and not RTE_PTYPE_L2_VLAN because the
-	 * vlan is stripped from the data.
-	 */
+	/* remaining 24 bytes are set on RX when pulling packet from descriptor */
 	union {
-		uint32_t packet_type; /**< L2/L3/L4 and tunnel information. */
+		/* void * type of the array elements is retained for driver compatibility. */
+		void *rx_descriptor_fields1[24 / sizeof(void *)];
 		__extension__
 		struct {
-			uint8_t l2_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L2 type. */
-			uint8_t l3_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L3 type. */
-			uint8_t l4_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L4 type. */
-			uint8_t tun_type:4;  /**< Tunnel type. */
+			/*
+			 * The packet type, which is the combination of outer/inner L2, L3, L4
+			 * and tunnel types. The packet_type is about data really present in the
+			 * mbuf. Example: if vlan stripping is enabled, a received vlan packet
+			 * would have RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER and not RTE_PTYPE_L2_VLAN because the
+			 * vlan is stripped from the data.
+			 */
 			union {
-				uint8_t inner_esp_next_proto;
-				/**< ESP next protocol type, valid if
-				 * RTE_PTYPE_TUNNEL_ESP tunnel type is set
-				 * on both Tx and Rx.
-				 */
+				uint32_t packet_type; /**< L2/L3/L4 and tunnel information. */
 				__extension__
 				struct {
-					uint8_t inner_l2_type:4;
-					/**< Inner L2 type. */
-					uint8_t inner_l3_type:4;
-					/**< Inner L3 type. */
+					uint8_t l2_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L2 type. */
+					uint8_t l3_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L3 type. */
+					uint8_t l4_type:4;   /**< (Outer) L4 type. */
+					uint8_t tun_type:4;  /**< Tunnel type. */
+					union {
+						/**< ESP next protocol type, valid if
+						 * RTE_PTYPE_TUNNEL_ESP tunnel type is set
+						 * on both Tx and Rx.
+						 */
+						uint8_t inner_esp_next_proto;
+						__extension__
+						struct {
+							/**< Inner L2 type. */
+							uint8_t inner_l2_type:4;
+							/**< Inner L3 type. */
+							uint8_t inner_l3_type:4;
+						};
+					};
+					uint8_t inner_l4_type:4; /**< Inner L4 type. */
 				};
 			};
-			uint8_t inner_l4_type:4; /**< Inner L4 type. */
-		};
-	};
 
-	uint32_t pkt_len;         /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segments. */
-	uint16_t data_len;        /**< Amount of data in segment buffer. */
-	/** VLAN TCI (CPU order), valid if RTE_MBUF_F_RX_VLAN is set. */
-	uint16_t vlan_tci;
+			uint32_t pkt_len;         /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segments. */
 
-	union {
-		union {
-			uint32_t rss;     /**< RSS hash result if RSS enabled */
-			struct {
+			uint16_t data_len;        /**< Amount of data in segment buffer. */
+			/** VLAN TCI (CPU order), valid if RTE_MBUF_F_RX_VLAN is set. */
+			uint16_t vlan_tci;
+
+			union {
 				union {
+					uint32_t rss;     /**< RSS hash result if RSS enabled */
 					struct {
-						uint16_t hash;
-						uint16_t id;
-					};
-					uint32_t lo;
-					/**< Second 4 flexible bytes */
-				};
-				uint32_t hi;
-				/**< First 4 flexible bytes or FD ID, dependent
-				 * on RTE_MBUF_F_RX_FDIR_* flag in ol_flags.
-				 */
-			} fdir;	/**< Filter identifier if FDIR enabled */
-			struct rte_mbuf_sched sched;
-			/**< Hierarchical scheduler : 8 bytes */
-			struct {
-				uint32_t reserved1;
-				uint16_t reserved2;
-				uint16_t txq;
-				/**< The event eth Tx adapter uses this field
-				 * to store Tx queue id.
-				 * @see rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set()
-				 */
-			} txadapter; /**< Eventdev ethdev Tx adapter */
-			uint32_t usr;
-			/**< User defined tags. See rte_distributor_process() */
-		} hash;                   /**< hash information */
-	};
+						union {
+							struct {
+								uint16_t hash;
+								uint16_t id;
+							};
+							/**< Second 4 flexible bytes */
+							uint32_t lo;
+						};
+						/**< First 4 flexible bytes or FD ID, dependent
+						 * on RTE_MBUF_F_RX_FDIR_* flag in ol_flags.
+						 */
+						uint32_t hi;
+					} fdir;	/**< Filter identifier if FDIR enabled */
+					struct rte_mbuf_sched sched;
+					/**< Hierarchical scheduler : 8 bytes */
+					struct {
+						uint32_t reserved1;
+						uint16_t reserved2;
+						/**< The event eth Tx adapter uses this field
+						 * to store Tx queue id.
+						 * @see rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set()
+						 */
+						uint16_t txq;
+					} txadapter; /**< Eventdev ethdev Tx adapter */
+					/**< User defined tags. See rte_distributor_process() */
+					uint32_t usr;
+				} hash;                   /**< hash information */
+			};
 
-	/** Outer VLAN TCI (CPU order), valid if RTE_MBUF_F_RX_QINQ is set. */
-	uint16_t vlan_tci_outer;
+			/** Outer VLAN TCI (CPU order), valid if RTE_MBUF_F_RX_QINQ is set. */
+			uint16_t vlan_tci_outer;
 
-	uint16_t buf_len;         /**< Length of segment buffer. */
+			uint16_t buf_len;         /**< Length of segment buffer. */
+		};
+	};
 
 	struct rte_mempool *pool; /**< Pool from which mbuf was allocated. */
 
 	/* second cache line - fields only used in slow path or on TX */
-	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE) RTE_MARKER cacheline1;
-
 #if RTE_IOVA_IN_MBUF
 	/**
 	 * Next segment of scattered packet. Must be NULL in the last
 	 * segment or in case of non-segmented packet.
 	 */
+	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE)
 	struct rte_mbuf *next;
 #else
 	/**
 	 * Reserved for dynamic fields
 	 * when the next pointer is in first cache line (i.e. RTE_IOVA_IN_MBUF is 0).
 	 */
+	alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE)
 	uint64_t dynfield2;
 #endif
 
@@ -617,17 +626,16 @@  struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_mbuf {
 		uint64_t tx_offload;       /**< combined for easy fetch */
 		__extension__
 		struct {
-			uint64_t l2_len:RTE_MBUF_L2_LEN_BITS;
 			/**< L2 (MAC) Header Length for non-tunneling pkt.
 			 * Outer_L4_len + ... + Inner_L2_len for tunneling pkt.
 			 */
-			uint64_t l3_len:RTE_MBUF_L3_LEN_BITS;
+			uint64_t l2_len:RTE_MBUF_L2_LEN_BITS;
 			/**< L3 (IP) Header Length. */
-			uint64_t l4_len:RTE_MBUF_L4_LEN_BITS;
+			uint64_t l3_len:RTE_MBUF_L3_LEN_BITS;
 			/**< L4 (TCP/UDP) Header Length. */
-			uint64_t tso_segsz:RTE_MBUF_TSO_SEGSZ_BITS;
+			uint64_t l4_len:RTE_MBUF_L4_LEN_BITS;
 			/**< TCP TSO segment size */
-
+			uint64_t tso_segsz:RTE_MBUF_TSO_SEGSZ_BITS;
 			/*
 			 * Fields for Tx offloading of tunnels.
 			 * These are undefined for packets which don't request
@@ -640,10 +648,10 @@  struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_mbuf {
 			 * Applications are expected to set appropriate tunnel
 			 * offload flags when they fill in these fields.
 			 */
-			uint64_t outer_l3_len:RTE_MBUF_OUTL3_LEN_BITS;
 			/**< Outer L3 (IP) Hdr Length. */
-			uint64_t outer_l2_len:RTE_MBUF_OUTL2_LEN_BITS;
+			uint64_t outer_l3_len:RTE_MBUF_OUTL3_LEN_BITS;
 			/**< Outer L2 (MAC) Hdr Length. */
+			uint64_t outer_l2_len:RTE_MBUF_OUTL2_LEN_BITS;
 
 			/* uint64_t unused:RTE_MBUF_TXOFLD_UNUSED_BITS; */
 		};