[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: support action with any config object type

Andrew Rybchenko arybchenko at solarflare.com
Tue Jul 2 10:09:08 CEST 2019


On 01.07.2019 17:10, Dekel Peled wrote:
> In current implementation, an action which requires parameters
> must accept them enclosed in a structure.
> Some actions require a single, trivial type parameter, but it still
> must be enclosed in a structure.
> This obligation results in multiple, action-specific structures, each
> containing a single trivial type parameter.
>
> This patch introduces a new approach, allowing an action configuration
> object of any type, trivial or a structure.
>
> This patch introduces, in test-pmd, a new macro ARG_ENTRY_HTON, to
> allow using a single argument, not enclosed in a structure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp at mellanox.com>

The term "object" confuses me a bit, but I'm not a native speaker
so it could be just my wrong association. I'd prefer
"configuration data".

Anyway,
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>



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