[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] vhost: Add API to get negotiated protocol features

Kinsella, Ray mdr at ashroe.eu
Thu Apr 1 10:42:02 CEST 2021



On 31/03/2021 17:45, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/22/2021 7:22 AM, Keiichi Watanabe wrote:
>> Add rte_vhost_get_negotiated_protocol_features, which returns a set of
>> enabled protocol features.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Keiichi Watanabe <keiichiw at chromium.org>
> 
> <...>
> 
>> diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/version.map b/lib/librte_vhost/version.map
>> index 9183d6f2f..95c4c0990 100644
>> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/version.map
>> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/version.map
>> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
>>       rte_vhost_va_from_guest_pa;
>>       rte_vhost_extern_callback_register;
>>       rte_vhost_driver_set_protocol_features;
>> +    rte_vhost_get_negotiated_protocol_features;
>>       rte_vhost_set_inflight_desc_split;
>>       rte_vhost_set_inflight_desc_packed;
>>       rte_vhost_set_last_inflight_io_split;
> 
> Added the release version that experimental API is added as comment in next-net, like following:
> 
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/version.map
> @@ -76,4 +76,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
>         rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister;
>         rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst;
>         rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed;
> +
> +       # added in 21.05
> +       rte_vhost_get_negotiated_protocol_features;
>  };
> 
> 
> We are doing this already in many libraries [1], this helps us easily observe how long an API is staying as experimental in a library.

Good idea.
 
> [1]: https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/lib/librte_eal/version.map?h=v21.02#n407


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