Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/15] eventdev: remove unneeded dependencies

[Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 09:59:59AM +0000, Van Haaren, Harry wrote:
> > From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com]
> > >
> > >  #include <rte_common.h>
> > > -#include <rte_pci.h>
> > > -#include <rte_mbuf.h>
> > > +#include <rte_memory.h>
> > > +
> > > +struct rte_mbuf; /* we just use mbuf pointers; no need to include rte_mbuf.h */
> > 
> > This "struct rte_mbuf" reference is not present in dpdk-next-eventdev tree.
> > Are you planning to rebase to dpdk-next-eventdev?
> 
> 
> The idea was to remove the include of the header file, as we never dereference the mbuf pointer, and hence we shouldn't include a header we don't require.
> 
> The struct rte_mbuf here is just a forward declaration for the actual rte_mbuf. This allows the rte_event to contain a struct rte_mbuf* without the compiler complaining that it doesn't understand the type.
> 
> 
> The current patches apply to dpdk-next-eventdev HEAD, I don't think I understand what you're asking about rebasing.

Thanks for the clarification. It is clear now.
I got confused with following comment in the cover-letter.

This implementation is based on the previous software eventdev
RFC patchset[1], updated to integrate with the latest rte_eventdev.h
API.
[1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-November/050285.html