[PATCH v3] ethdev: deprecate header fields and metadata flow actions

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/25/2021 12:29 PM, Ori Kam wrote:
> Hi
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 2:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ethdev: deprecate header fields and metadata flow actions
>>
>> On 11/24/2021 3:37 PM, Viacheslav Ovsiienko wrote:
>>> @@ -3331,6 +3430,9 @@ struct rte_flow_action_set_tag {
>>>    };
>>>
>>>    /**
>>> + * @deprecated
>>> + * @see RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD
>>> + *
>>>     * @warning
>>>     * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this structure may change without prior notice
>>>     *
>>> @@ -3355,6 +3457,9 @@ struct rte_flow_action_set_meta {
>>>    };
>>>
>>>    /**
>>> + * @deprecated
>>> + * @see RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD
>>> + *
>>>     * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_DSCP
>>>     * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_DSCP
>>>     *
>>
>> Hi Viacheslav, Ori,
>>
>> Just recognized that some of the "struct rte_flow_*" added as experimental
>> (experimental note in the struct comment), some without experimental note.
>>
>> Is it because some forgotten the add the experimental note?
>>
>> What is the rule to add new "struct rte_flow_*"?
>>
> 
> In the beginning struct were never experimental,
> and in the last few releases we started to put experimental also on structs
> which I think is much better since at the end this is a new API and just like any other
> new API it is not stable.
> 

Got it, thanks.

So to record for archives, new "struct rte_flow_*" structs should be
experimental by default.

Does it applies to enums too?