[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: extend flow metadata

[Thomas Monjalon]

29/10/2019 18:19, Slava Ovsiienko:
> From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > > +* ethdev: DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA will be removed, static
> > > +metadata
> > > +  mbuf field will be removed in 20.02, metadata feature will use
> > > +dynamic mbuf
> > > +  field and flag instead.
> > > +
> > 
> > Isn't it breaking stable API/ABI? Should target release be 20.11?
> 
> tx_metadata is in union, it should not be ABI break.
> And we propose to remove tx_metadata at all in 19.11 
> and share the dynamic metadata field between Rx and Tx METAdata.

Yes please, let's remove tx_metadata from mbuf now,
while adding metadata dynamic field.
I am sure nobody will complain that we sanitized this feature
before releasing DPDK 19.11 LTS.