[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] drivers/net: remove explicit include of legacy filtering

[Thomas Monjalon]

24/03/2021 19:08, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 3/21/2021 9:00 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > The header file rte_eth_ctrl.h should not be needed because
> > this legacy filtering API is completely replaced with the rte_flow API.
> > However some definitions from this file are still used by some drivers,
> > but such usage is already covered by an implicit include via rte_ethdev.h.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > Acked-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu at intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ptp.c       | 1 -
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_hash.c        | 1 -
> >   drivers/net/ice/ice_acl_filter.c    | 1 -
> >   drivers/net/ice/ice_hash.c          | 1 -
> >   drivers/net/ice/ice_switch_filter.c | 1 -
> >   drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.h        | 1 -
> >   drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_flow.c    | 1 -
> 
> Although this will work, if the above drives are using the defines from the 
> header file, isn't it better to include it explicitly?
> 
> What is the benefit of including the header implicitly?

The benefit is to progressively remove rte_eth_ctrl.h.
I want it to disappear.