[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: ABI/API change announcement due to refactor

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Sun Apr 10 12:02:50 CEST 2016


> > > +* A librte_vhost public structures refactor is planned for DPDK 16.07
> > > +  that requires both ABI and API change.
> > > +  The proposed refactor would expose DPDK vhost dev to applications as
> > > +  a handle, like the way kernel exposes an fd to user for locating a
> > > +  specific file, and to keep all major structures internally, so that
> > > +  we are likely to be free from ABI violations in future.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com>
> > 
> > I applaud the initiative, public structs are by far the worst offender 
> > when trying to maintain a stable ABI because they're so hard to 
> > correctly version that hardly anybody besides glibc bothers.
> 
> Yes, nice cleanup to do.
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>

Applied, thanks


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