[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension
Ferruh Yigit
ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Mon Nov 11 17:22:38 CET 2019
On 11/11/2019 10:54 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> 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>
>
Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
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