[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] mbuf: support attaching external buffer to mbuf

[Thomas Monjalon]

26/04/2018 21:42, Olivier Matz:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 06:10:36PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 26/04/2018 18:05, Andrew Rybchenko:
> > > On 04/26/2018 04:10 AM, Yongseok Koh wrote:
> > > > -#define RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT(mb)   ((mb)->ol_flags & IND_ATTACHED_MBUF)
> > > > +#define RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT(mb)   RTE_MBUF_CLONED(mb)
> > > 
> > > We have discussed that it would be good to deprecate RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT()
> > > since it is not !RTE_MBUF_DIREC(). Is it lost here or intentional (may 
> > > be I've lost
> > > in the thread)?
> > 
> > I think it should be a separate deprecation notice.
> 
> Agree with Andrew that RTE_MBUF_INDIRECT should be deprecated
> to avoid confusion with !DIRECT.

What do you mean?
We should add a comment? Or poisoining the macro? Or something else?
Should it be removed? In which release?