[PATCH v2] doc: add event timer expiry drop stat

[Hemant Agrawal]

On 7/12/2022 5:22 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 8:38 AM Naga Harish K S V
> <s.v.naga.harish.k at intel.com> wrote:
>> The structure ``rte_event_timer_adapter_stats`` will be
>> extended by adding a new field, ``evtim_drop_count``. This stat
>> will represent the number of times an event_timer expiry event
>> is dropped by the event timer adapter.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Naga Harish K S V <s.v.naga.harish.k at intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>

Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>


>> ---
>> v2:
>> * update commit message
>> ---
>>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> index 4e5b23c53d..597a457a37 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
>> @@ -125,3 +125,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>>     applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead,
>>     with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or
>>     ``idxd`` dma drivers
>> +
>> +* eventdev/timer: The structure ``rte_event_timer_adapter_stats`` will be
>> +  extended by adding a new field, ``evtim_drop_count``. This stat will
>> +  represent the number of times an event_timer expiry event is dropped
>> +  by the timer adapter. This field will be used by a future patch adding
>> +  support for periodic mode to the software timer adapter in DPDK 22.11.
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>