[PATCH 0/6] remove legacy Packet Framework API
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Jul 24 18:43:56 CEST 2026
The legacy Packet Framework APIs were announced for removal in the
24.11 release but the removal never happened:
* pipeline: The pipeline library legacy API (functions rte_pipeline_*)
* table: The table library legacy API (functions rte_table_*)
* port: The port library legacy API (functions rte_port_*)
Do the removal now, in the 26.11 ABI window. The SWX API in the same
libraries (rte_swx_*) is unaffected and remains the Packet Framework
API. The softnic driver and the pipeline example already use only the
SWX API.
The applications built on the legacy API (test-pipeline, ip_pipeline)
and the unit tests are removed first, then the legacy half of each
library, pipeline before table before port to follow the dependency
chain. Library dependencies and the programmer's guide are trimmed
accordingly.
Follow-up candidates, kept out of this series: the stale comments in
lib/ethdev/ethdev_trace.h still refer to examples/ip_pipeline, and
struct rte_pipeline_acl_rule in the removed rte_table_acl.c was only
a local name.
Stephen Hemminger (6):
app/test: remove packet framework tests
app/test-pipeline: remove application
examples/ip_pipeline: remove example
pipeline: remove legacy API
table: remove legacy API
port: remove legacy API
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app/test-pipeline/pipeline_acl.c | 251 -
app/test-pipeline/pipeline_hash.c | 471 --
app/test-pipeline/pipeline_lpm.c | 175 -
app/test-pipeline/pipeline_lpm_ipv6.c | 168 -
app/test-pipeline/pipeline_stub.c | 137 -
app/test-pipeline/runtime.c | 160 -
app/test/meson.build | 6 -
app/test/test_table.c | 209 -
app/test/test_table.h | 184 -
app/test/test_table_acl.c | 728 --
app/test/test_table_acl.h | 6 -
app/test/test_table_combined.c | 846 --
app/test/test_table_combined.h | 27 -
app/test/test_table_pipeline.c | 575 --
app/test/test_table_pipeline.h | 6 -
app/test/test_table_ports.c | 195 -
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app/test/test_table_tables.c | 1058 ---
app/test/test_table_tables.h | 22 -
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examples/ip_pipeline/cli.c | 6791 -----------------
examples/ip_pipeline/cli.h | 18 -
examples/ip_pipeline/common.h | 12 -
examples/ip_pipeline/conn.c | 330 -
examples/ip_pipeline/conn.h | 47 -
examples/ip_pipeline/cryptodev.c | 160 -
examples/ip_pipeline/cryptodev.h | 46 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/firewall.cli | 59 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/flow.cli | 60 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/flow_crypto.cli | 57 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/l2fwd.cli | 51 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/route.cli | 60 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/route_ecmp.cli | 57 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/rss.cli | 112 -
examples/ip_pipeline/examples/tap.cli | 66 -
examples/ip_pipeline/link.c | 270 -
examples/ip_pipeline/link.h | 66 -
examples/ip_pipeline/main.c | 260 -
examples/ip_pipeline/mempool.c | 82 -
examples/ip_pipeline/mempool.h | 40 -
examples/ip_pipeline/meson.build | 30 -
examples/ip_pipeline/parser.c | 506 --
examples/ip_pipeline/parser.h | 56 -
examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline.c | 1078 ---
examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline.h | 425 --
examples/ip_pipeline/swq.c | 76 -
examples/ip_pipeline/swq.h | 37 -
examples/ip_pipeline/tap.c | 102 -
examples/ip_pipeline/tap.h | 29 -
examples/ip_pipeline/thread.c | 3137 --------
examples/ip_pipeline/thread.h | 24 -
examples/ip_pipeline/tmgr.c | 248 -
examples/ip_pipeline/tmgr.h | 74 -
examples/meson.build | 1 -
lib/pipeline/meson.build | 8 +-
lib/pipeline/rte_pipeline.c | 1640 ----
lib/pipeline/rte_pipeline.h | 840 --
lib/pipeline/rte_port_in_action.c | 539 --
lib/pipeline/rte_port_in_action.h | 311 -
lib/pipeline/rte_table_action.c | 3483 ---------
lib/pipeline/rte_table_action.h | 1137 ---
lib/port/meson.build | 22 +-
lib/port/port_log.c | 7 -
lib/port/port_log.h | 11 -
lib/port/rte_port.h | 223 -
lib/port/rte_port_ethdev.c | 530 --
lib/port/rte_port_ethdev.h | 75 -
lib/port/rte_port_eventdev.c | 590 --
lib/port/rte_port_eventdev.h | 94 -
lib/port/rte_port_fd.c | 524 --
lib/port/rte_port_fd.h | 74 -
lib/port/rte_port_frag.c | 280 -
lib/port/rte_port_frag.h | 70 -
lib/port/rte_port_ras.c | 336 -
lib/port/rte_port_ras.h | 58 -
lib/port/rte_port_ring.c | 796 --
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lib/port/rte_port_sched.c | 298 -
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lib/port/rte_port_source_sink.c | 616 --
lib/port/rte_port_source_sink.h | 57 -
lib/port/rte_port_sym_crypto.c | 558 --
lib/port/rte_port_sym_crypto.h | 92 -
lib/table/meson.build | 30 +-
lib/table/rte_lru.h | 85 -
lib/table/rte_lru_arm64.h | 61 -
lib/table/rte_lru_x86.h | 96 -
lib/table/rte_table.h | 263 -
lib/table/rte_table_acl.c | 795 --
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lib/table/rte_table_array.c | 210 -
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lib/table/rte_table_hash_cuckoo.c | 327 -
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lib/table/rte_table_hash_key8.c | 1157 ---
lib/table/rte_table_hash_lru.c | 959 ---
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