From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from alln-iport-5.cisco.com (alln-iport-5.cisco.com [173.37.142.92]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AECA91F5 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2016 16:00:08 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cisco.com; i=@cisco.com; l=1530; q=dns/txt; s=iport; t=1459951208; x=1461160808; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:references: in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=G2cSuZFOyAcq9yuu+szFCD7nRkkAGBvZV2hQlifV0Xw=; b=Ob3Xb+pw7rP8edOyUey3s+pGwzzFgylIGWQc8CK8+xCmFzfthc2Y2Me/ 0HA+otfF/fJ4uq0S0GzF+jiAeasuPEUUlCw9mZm2qHKr58wdn70UN4Bv4 4khkJoMX3JfsdG88/L9TlTEVQWmIK2OGOfjf2D+oigvQVgwdmfH29M45I I=; X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A0D1AQBGFQVX/4wNJK1cgzeBUAa4PIIPA?= =?us-ascii?q?Q2BcoYNAoFHOBQBAQEBAQEBZSeEQQEBAQQ6PwwEAgEIEQQBAR8JBzIUCQgCBAE?= =?us-ascii?q?NBQiIH8BsAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFYYhhEuKFQEEmAEBi1OCMIIFj?= =?us-ascii?q?RCPIAEeAQFCg2dsAYd0fgEBAQ?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,447,1454976000"; d="scan'208";a="256323047" Received: from alln-core-7.cisco.com ([173.36.13.140]) by alln-iport-5.cisco.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 06 Apr 2016 14:00:06 +0000 Received: from XCH-RCD-016.cisco.com (xch-rcd-016.cisco.com [173.37.102.26]) by alln-core-7.cisco.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u36E06cm023144 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:00:06 GMT Received: from xch-rcd-016.cisco.com (173.37.102.26) by XCH-RCD-016.cisco.com (173.37.102.26) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1104.5; Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:00:05 -0500 Received: from xch-rcd-016.cisco.com ([173.37.102.26]) by XCH-RCD-016.cisco.com ([173.37.102.26]) with mapi id 15.00.1104.009; Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:00:05 -0500 From: "David Harton (dharton)" To: Harry van Haaren , "dev@dpdk.org" CC: "maryam.tahhan@intel.com" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07 Thread-Index: AQHRj2TCHVaDodkcJkq/Ch/b/fs4Fp98+jvQ Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:00:05 +0000 Message-ID: <0ea7137fe2a14153af6815f488e1696d@XCH-RCD-016.cisco.com> References: <1459879089-3430-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1459879089-3430-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.82.246.152] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:00:09 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Harry van Haaren > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 1:58 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: maryam.tahhan@intel.com; Harry van Haaren > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce xstats api change for 16.07 >=20 > This patch adds a notice that the API for the xstats functionality will b= e > modified in the 16.07 release, with no backwards compatibility planned as > it would require code duplication in each PMD that supports xstats. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Harry van Haaren > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 98d5529..13c3a95 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ Deprecation Notices > induce a modification of the rte_mempool structure, plus a > modification of the API of rte_mempool_obj_iter(), implying a breakage > of the ABI. > + > +* ABI change is planned for the xstats API and rte_eth_xstats struct, > +to > + facilitate updating to an API that allows retrieval of values without > +any > + string copies or parsing. No backwards compatibility is planned, as > +it would > + require code duplication in every PMD that supports xstats. > -- > 2.5.0 Acked-by: David Harton