[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

Andrew Rybchenko arybchenko at solarflare.com
Fri Nov 8 11:52:09 CET 2019


On 11/8/19 12:57 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 11/7/2019 10:15 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed
>> to be used internally only, but there is a chance that
>> increasing their size would break ABI for some applications.
>> In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking
>> ABI compatibility, some space is reserved.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

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



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