[PATCH 00/20] remove experimental flag from some API's

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 8/8/23 19:35, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Since 23.11 is an LTS release it is time to remove the experimental
> bandaid off many API's. There are about 850 API's marked with experimental
> on current main branch. This addresses the easy to remove ones and
> gets it down to about 690 places.
> 
> The rule is any API that has been in since 22.11 needs to have
> experimental removed (or deleted). The experimental flag is not a
> "get out of ABI stability for free" card.
> 
> Stephen Hemminger (20):
>    bpf: make rte_bpf_dump and rte_bpf_convert stable API's
>    cmdline: make experimental API's stable
>    ethdev: mark rte_mtr API's as stable
>    ethdev: mark rte_tm API's as stable
>    pdump: make API's stable
>    pcapng: mark API's as stable
>    net: remove experimental from functions
>    rcu: remove experimental from rte_rcu_qbsr
>    lpm: remove experimental
>    mbuf: remove experimental from create_extbuf
>    hash: remove experimental from toeplitz hash
>    timer: remove experimental from rte_timer_next_ticks
>    sched: remove experimental
>    dmadev: mark API's as not experimental
>    meter: remove experimental warning from comments
>    power: remove experimental from API's
>    kvargs: remove experimental flag
>    ip_frag: mark a couple of functions stable
>    member: remove experimental tag
>    security: remove experimental flag
> 
>   lib/bpf/rte_bpf.h                   |  2 -
>   lib/bpf/version.map                 |  9 +--
>   lib/cmdline/cmdline.h               |  1 -
>   lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse.h         |  4 --
>   lib/cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h        |  4 --
>   lib/cmdline/version.map             | 26 +++------
>   lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h             | 85 ----------------------------
>   lib/dmadev/version.map              |  2 +-
>   lib/ethdev/rte_mtr.h                | 25 +-------
>   lib/ethdev/rte_tm.h                 | 34 -----------
>   lib/ethdev/version.map              | 88 ++++++++++++++---------------
>   lib/hash/rte_thash.h                | 44 ---------------
>   lib/hash/rte_thash_gfni.h           |  8 ---
>   lib/hash/rte_thash_x86_gfni.h       |  8 ---
>   lib/hash/version.map                | 16 ++----
>   lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag.h           |  2 -
>   lib/ip_frag/version.map             |  9 +--
>   lib/kvargs/rte_kvargs.h             |  4 --
>   lib/kvargs/version.map              |  8 +--
>   lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h                   |  4 --
>   lib/lpm/version.map                 |  7 +--
>   lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf.h                 |  1 -
>   lib/mbuf/version.map                |  8 +--
>   lib/member/rte_member.h             | 54 ------------------
>   lib/member/version.map              | 12 +---
>   lib/meter/rte_meter.h               | 12 ----
>   lib/net/rte_ip.h                    | 19 -------
>   lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.h             | 11 ----
>   lib/pcapng/version.map              |  6 +-
>   lib/pdump/rte_pdump.h               | 12 ----
>   lib/pdump/version.map               | 11 +---
>   lib/power/rte_power.h               |  4 --
>   lib/power/rte_power_guest_channel.h |  4 --
>   lib/power/rte_power_intel_uncore.h  |  9 ---
>   lib/power/rte_power_pmd_mgmt.h      | 40 -------------
>   lib/power/version.map               | 33 ++++-------
>   lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.h              | 20 -------
>   lib/rcu/version.map                 | 15 ++---
>   lib/sched/rte_pie.h                 |  8 ---
>   lib/sched/rte_sched.h               |  5 --
>   lib/sched/version.map               | 18 ++----
>   lib/security/rte_security.h         | 35 ------------
>   lib/security/version.map            | 17 ++----
>   lib/timer/rte_timer.h               |  4 --
>   lib/timer/version.map               |  7 +--
>   45 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 658 deletions(-)
> 

You removed Vhost changes altogether, but I only asked for the Vhost
Async API changes to be removed, i.e. the APIs in rte_vhost_async.h.

Maxime