[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mempool: add notice to change mempool API/ABI
Santosh Shukla
santosh.shukla at caviumnetworks.com
Thu Jul 13 11:12:31 CEST 2017
An API/ABI change is planned for 17.11 to change following
* Remove unused flag param from rte_mempool_generic_get and _put.
* Change data type for mempool 'flag' from int to unsigned int.
Refer [1].
* Add struct rte_mempool * param into func rte_mempool_xmem_size,
rte_mempool_xmem_usage to make it mempool aware.
Refer [2].
[1] http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25603/
[2] http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25605/
Signed-off-by: Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla at caviumnetworks.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 257dcba32..7abb30f5f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -64,3 +64,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
be removed in 17.11:
- ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+
+* mempool: The following will be modified in 17.11:
+ - ``rte_mempool_xmem_size`` and ``rte_mempool_xmem_usage`` need to know
+ the mempool flag status so adding new param rte_mempool in those API.
+ - Removing __rte_unused int flag param from ``rte_mempool_generic_put``
+ and ``rte_mempool_generic_get`` API.
+ - ``rte_mempool`` flags data type will changed from int to
+ unsigned int.
--
2.13.0
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