[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: plan splitting the ethdev ops struct

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Tue May 26 15:55:04 CEST 2020


25/05/2020 11:11, Andrew Rybchenko:
> On 5/25/20 2:18 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 04/03/2020 10:57, Ferruh Yigit:
> >> For the ABI compatibility it is better to hide internal data structures
> >> from the application as much as possible. But because of some inline
> >> functions 'struct eth_dev_ops' can't be hidden completely.
> >>
> >> Plan is to split the 'struct eth_dev_ops' into two as ones used by
> >> inline functions and ones not used, and hide the second part that not
> >> used by inline functions completely to the application.
> >>
> >> Because of ABI break the work will be done in 20.11
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> >> ---
> >> +* ethdev: Split the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct to hide it as much as possible
> >> +  will be done in 20.11.
> >> +  Currently the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct is accessible by the application
> >> +  because some inline functions, like ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status()``,
> >> +  access the struct directly.
> >> +  The struct will be separate in two, the ops used by inline functions will be moved
> >> +  next to Rx/Tx burst functions, rest of the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct will be
> >> +  moved to header file for drivers to hide it from applications.
> > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> 
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>

Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>

Applied, thanks




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