[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Mon Nov 11 11:54:08 CET 2019


On 11/11/2019 7:26 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking
> ABI compatibility, some space is reserved in several core structs
> of ethdev API.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>


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