[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] eal: add wrappers for POSIX string functions
Nick Connolly
nick.connolly at mayadata.io
Tue Mar 2 12:27:49 CET 2021
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>> DPDK supports a variety of platforms and toolsets and my experience with
>> SPDK suggests that we'll end up with compiler specific ifdef's.
> I'd argue they are inevitable. Consider POSIX close(): if it's missing, what
> would be a correct fallback? It depends on the execution environment (OS).
> String function fallbacks, of course, are easily implemented from scratch.
Agreed.
>> Public functions without rte_ prefix shall not be introduced at all.
Agreed. Perhaps as a separate patch we should consider validation rules
to enforce the requirements.
Regards,
Nick
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