[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/13] mlx5: add link update device operation

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 19:27:40 +0100
Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com> wrote:

> Thanks for pointing this out, I'm used to avoiding C extensions whenever
> possible but will stick to DPDK style next time.
> 
> Still, it would be nice if we could steer DPDK away from such extensions as
> much as possible. As a library, we should allow user applications to compile
> with flags we can't control (such as -pedantic -std=c99, and various
> -Wsomething)

No. The extensions are very useful, catch errors, and generate more readable code.
For example the extension to check printf formats.