[PATCH v3 01/10] devtools/cocci, lib/eal: remove unused rte_bitmap_free()

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:19:53 +0100
Ariel Otilibili <otilibil at eurecom.fr> wrote:

> Coverity reports return values of calls to rte_bitmap_free() are not used.

Some existing user code may actually be using this so this would be an API change.
Therefore this patch can not be accepted for current releases.

It is worth addressing this in future but:
  - need to go through deprecation process
  - function to be void
  - it should be possible to implement a real free function
    just was never done.