[PATCH v8 2/3] ethdev: add VXLAN last reserved field

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/7/2024 3:02 PM, Rongwei Liu wrote:
> diff --git a/lib/net/rte_vxlan.h b/lib/net/rte_vxlan.h
> index 997fc784fc..57300fb442 100644
> --- a/lib/net/rte_vxlan.h
> +++ b/lib/net/rte_vxlan.h
> @@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ struct rte_vxlan_hdr {
>  			uint8_t    flags;    /**< Should be 8 (I flag). */
>  			uint8_t    rsvd0[3]; /**< Reserved. */
>  			uint8_t    vni[3];   /**< VXLAN identifier. */
> -			uint8_t    rsvd1;    /**< Reserved. */
> +			union {
> +				uint8_t    rsvd1;        /**< Reserved. */
> +				uint8_t    last_rsvd;    /**< Reserved. */
> +			};
>

Is there a plan to remove 'rsvd1' in next ABI break release?
We can keep both, but I guess it is not logically necessary to keep it,
to prevent bloat by time, we can remove the old one.
If decided to remove, sending a 'deprecation.rst' update helps us to
remember doing it.