[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: announce ring API change

[Thomas Monjalon]

18/01/2019 16:31, Gage Eads:
> In order to support the non-blocking ring[1], an API change (additional
> argument to rte_ring_get_memsize()) is required in librte_ring. This commit
> updates the deprecation notice to pave the way for its inclusion in
> 19.05.
> 
> [1] http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/123774.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gage Eads <gage.eads at intel.com>

Nobody agreed on this change.

Gage, do you still want to push non-blocking ring in 19.05?


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> +* ring: one change is planned for rte_ring in v19.05:
> +
> +  - rte_ring_get_memsize() will get a new ``flags`` parameter, so it can
> +    calculate the memory required for rings that require more than 8B per entry
> +    (such as the upcoming non-blocking ring).