[PATCH v3 0/5] Improve EAL bit operations API

[Thomas Monjalon]

09/09/2024 14:04, Mattias Rönnblom:
> What one should do is to have extern "C" linkage only on functions which 
> the include file in question (e.g., rte_foo.h) itself declares.
> 
> --
> /* rte_bar.h */
> #include <rte_foo.h>
> 
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> extern "C" {
> #endif
> 
> void
> rte_foo_do(void);
> 
> /../
> --
> 
> There are 259 header files in the DPDK repo in need of fixing.
> 
> Should the fix be 259 patches, or something smaller? One large patch, or 
> a patch per library, or something else. Please advise, over.

Moving includes in the whole tree can be done in a single patch,
there is nothing specific per library in such a mechanical move.