[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] compatibility fallback and replacement of kernel function invoking
Jincheng Miao
jmiao at redhat.com
Wed Dec 10 04:32:59 CET 2014
The related kernel function is:
- pci_num_vf, it is introduced from upstream linux-2.6.34. For RHEL-based
kernel, it is defined from RHEL5.9.
- kstrtoul, this function is united kernel API to replace strict_strtoul in
the furture. It is introduced from linux-2.6.39. For RHEL6, it is defined
from RHEL6.4.
This patchset do some compatiblity work for these two functions, and
replace strict_strtoul which is depleted from linux-3.18.
v3:
Adjust pci_num_vf() introduced RHEL version number.
Seperate "replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul" into 3 patches for igb_uio,
kni, and xen_dom0. Add compat.h in kni and xen_dom0 for compatible with
older kernels.
v2:
Merge these two patch in one patchset.
Compatible with old kernel for kstrtoul.
Compatible with RHEL6 for pci_num_vf.
Jincheng Miao (4):
igb_uio: compatible with upstream longterm kernel and RHEL
igb_uio: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul
kni: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul
xen_dom0: replace strict_strtoul with kstrtoul
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h | 11 ++++++++++-
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c | 4 ++--
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c | 2 +-
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/compat.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_misc.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h
create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/compat.h
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