[PATCH] doc: add deprecation notice about upcoming change to ethdev API

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 07:32:07PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Inform users that rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port() will add a size
> parameter in next release.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>


>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 17f90a6352..d390a1640a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -158,3 +158,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * net/iavf: The dynamic mbuf field used to detect LLDP packets on the
>    transmit path in the iavf PMD will be removed in a future release.
>    After removal, only packet type-based detection will be supported.
> +
> +* ethdev: Starting in 26.11, the function ``rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port()``
> +  will take a size parameter as well as the string buffer.
> +  This will detect and prevent accidental overwriting of caller provided buffer.
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>