[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: plan splitting the ethdev ops struct

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 5/25/20 2:18 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 04/03/2020 10:57, Ferruh Yigit:
>> For the ABI compatibility it is better to hide internal data structures
>> from the application as much as possible. But because of some inline
>> functions 'struct eth_dev_ops' can't be hidden completely.
>>
>> Plan is to split the 'struct eth_dev_ops' into two as ones used by
>> inline functions and ones not used, and hide the second part that not
>> used by inline functions completely to the application.
>>
>> Because of ABI break the work will be done in 20.11
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> ---
>> +* ethdev: Split the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct to hide it as much as possible
>> +  will be done in 20.11.
>> +  Currently the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct is accessible by the application
>> +  because some inline functions, like ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status()``,
>> +  access the struct directly.
>> +  The struct will be separate in two, the ops used by inline functions will be moved
>> +  next to Rx/Tx burst functions, rest of the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct will be
>> +  moved to header file for drivers to hide it from applications.
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

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