From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2013328FD for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:29:51 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga007.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.58]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Jan 2019 07:29:51 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,491,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="107629732" Received: from txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com (HELO txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com.) ([10.123.72.192]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 18 Jan 2019 07:29:50 -0800 From: Gage Eads To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: olivier.matz@6wind.com, arybchenko@solarflare.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, stephen@networkplumber.org Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:28:44 -0600 Message-Id: <20190118152844.23297-1-gage.eads@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.13.6 In-Reply-To: <20190115235934.16065-1-gage.eads@intel.com> References: <20190115235934.16065-1-gage.eads@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce ring API change X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:29:52 -0000 In order to support the non-blocking ring[1], an API change (additional argument to rte_ring_get_memsize()) is required in librte_ring. This commit updates the deprecation notice to pave the way for its inclusion in 19.05. [1] http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/123774.html Signed-off-by: Gage Eads --- v2: - Drop the ABI change notice doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index d4aea4b46..5b74a2aa7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -83,3 +83,9 @@ Deprecation Notices - The size and layout of ``rte_cryptodev_qp_conf`` and syntax of ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup`` will change to to allow to use two different mempools for crypto and device private sessions. + +* ring: two changes are planned for rte_ring in v19.05: + + - rte_ring_get_memsize() will get a new ``flags`` parameter, so it can + calculate the memory required for rings that require more than 8B per entry + (such as the upcoming non-blocking ring). -- 2.13.6