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From: "Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stephen@networkplumber.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:13:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <104362bb-689f-23cb-9cf7-1a2022ea68f2@ericsson.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190423171324.qB3hGa6U7P44UD4OAeprCamvDUucWuPIOL3MBbh37gk@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190423113347.GB30923@hmswarspite.think-freely.org>

On 2019-04-23 13:33, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 07:44:39PM +0200, Mattias Rönnblom wrote:
>> On 2019-04-22 17:52, Mattias Rönnblom wrote:
>>> On 2019-04-22 13:34, Neil Horman wrote:
>>>
>>>>> +uint64_t __rte_experimental
>>>>> +rte_rand(void)
>>>> Do you really want to mark this as experimental?  I know it will
>>>> trigger the
>>>> symbol checker with a warning if you don't, but this function
>>>> already existed
>>>> previously and was accepted as part of the ABI.  Given that the
>>>> prototype hasn't
>>>> changed, I think you just need to accept it as a non-experimental
>>>> function
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll remove the experimental tag and move it into the 19_05 section
>>> (without suggesting it should go into 19.05). That maneuver seems not to
>>> trigger any build warnings/errors.
>>>
>>
>> OK, so that wasn't true. It does trigger a build error, courtesy of
>> buildtools/check-experimental-syms.sh.
>>
>> I can't see any obvious way around it. Ideas, anyone?
>>
> No, we would have to waive it.

I don't understand. What do you mean?

> But its pretty clear that This function has been
> around forever, so I think it would be worse to demote it to an experimental
> symbol.  The only thing you're doing here is moving it from an inline function
> (which is arguably part of the ABI, even if it never appeared as a symbol in the
> ELF file), to a fully fleged symbol with a new implementation.
> 

I agree it shouldn't be marked experimental. The reason for doing so was 
to avoid triggering a build error.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-23 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 137+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-05 13:45 [dpdk-dev] [RFC] eal: make rte_rand() MT safe Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 13:45 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 13:51 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 13:51   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 14:28   ` Bruce Richardson
2019-04-05 14:28     ` Bruce Richardson
2019-04-05 14:56     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 14:56       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 16:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-05 16:57   ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-05 18:04   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 18:04     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 20:50     ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-05 20:50       ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-06  5:52       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-06  5:52         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30       ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/3] Replace lrand48-based rte_rand with LFSR generator Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/3] Add 32-bit version of rte_rand Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] Introduce random generator functions with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:47         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/3] Replace lrand48-based rte_rand with LFSR generator Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:47           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 0/2] Pseudo-number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 11:34             ` Neil Horman
2019-04-22 11:34               ` Neil Horman
2019-04-22 14:49               ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-22 14:49                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-22 15:52               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 15:52                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 17:44                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 17:44                   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-23 11:33                   ` Neil Horman
2019-04-23 11:33                     ` Neil Horman
2019-04-23 17:13                     ` Mattias Rönnblom [this message]
2019-04-23 17:13                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 11:37                       ` Neil Horman
2019-04-24 11:37                         ` Neil Horman
2019-04-23 15:31                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-23 15:31                     ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-23 17:17                     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-23 17:17                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24  7:52                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24  7:52                         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v3 0/2] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v3 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-08 20:12                             ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-08 20:12                               ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-08 20:30                               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-08 20:30                                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-09  1:10                                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-09  1:10                                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-14  9:20                                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:32                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:32                                         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14 14:16                                       ` Neil Horman
2019-05-14 14:16                                         ` Neil Horman
2019-05-14 14:53                                         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14 14:53                                           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-17 19:27                                           ` Neil Horman
2019-05-17 20:57                                             ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-17 21:10                                             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-19 18:32                                               ` Neil Horman
2019-05-14 15:27                                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-14 15:27                                         ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:36                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:36                                         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:39                                         ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-14  9:39                                           ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-14 11:58                                           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14 11:58                                             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:37                                       ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-14  9:37                                         ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation to MAINTAINERS Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] eal: add PRNG to MAINTAINERS and release notes Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 20:35                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Bruce Richardson
2019-06-05 10:43                                         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-27 21:23                                             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-06-28  8:20                                               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:44                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] eal: add PRNG to MAINTAINERS and release notes Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-27 21:27                                             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-06-28  8:17                                               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-15 12:23                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] " Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/5] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/5] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/5] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28 19:01                                               ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-06-28 20:58                                                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28 21:08                                                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: use 32-bit RDSEED to allow 32-bit x86 usage Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-29 12:54                                                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/5] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/5] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28 13:24                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Thomas Monjalon
2019-04-24 12:33                           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v3 2/2] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 " Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-20 21:08             ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-20 21:08               ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-21 19:05               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-21 19:05                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22  4:33                 ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-22  4:33                   ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-22  7:07                   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22  7:07                     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 13:19                     ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-22 13:19                       ` Wiles, Keith

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