From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0013431BE; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:36:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5284027C; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:36:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f175.google.com (mail-pf1-f175.google.com [209.85.210.175]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 842AF40278 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:36:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f175.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-6bd96cfb99cso1107813b3a.2 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:36:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1697834184; x=1698438984; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=IwmzpSoNu8eDjWxhkwzt4pXi+z4fr+AogweGbbBI45o=; b=Ngp4rMAz82mpiJiOjfQRgU7flZoh7WradivGW2/sdTwsRkSqMm68t0dwHyUuS3aPiq vvQ/nd42LbL1uSW/ViCb13XxEp6nyF/PW6Pyc9b7PksyR/0x4/yDqK6ub2hnvGk/CCwj cvLP7UAb9w1c2MjoNzad4onHb9SqcyDpXIEjr/AZv5u9LdJX93lpYBTi8tbGorSJ6Oue qVf0BPZPuRYWk8FDUVswBbnW58/az90jYnQ7s3GyQFTTTOeRux5gcS1s35fRykBppEKS TLoLkKen8TmLhvjpoWqWpTqKZeuWQ3olvplbdkiproY0rnM+7lrzk8VC493jH8BKNALH +gtg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1697834184; x=1698438984; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=IwmzpSoNu8eDjWxhkwzt4pXi+z4fr+AogweGbbBI45o=; b=mITwa3Y4aEs91hifSL+4CtpHk0HFL4Ct+RcLyeMaOLyowPg5KBY07Ah04OZ1bvF2z8 3WzRZiiAAn/bxKnnVkQBw2QoRPG6ZxbZesYhTFV8J9LfMsGlHTDZyuO7svOGkx2z5knJ AI0J14YUgzCcrrzEcW2vUqk8fsQyxQatmUGEkU3aV4T3y0TaezCYTOoP5IBR9iv+jp/2 32SAWo8LI/XKoEZLzOUU8EcXCXQ5F+iB1lzZsNJKzUmE2YJrCo0bLz9Bc7w4ossOtH12 DmzCWGMJ6dZ/4eaWdnaRLIhCRk3zF7iqpbwKJBRP7mKReaKJ2g4qQlWTMerABZWWbu06 lcsA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz6Y745yztAwPIGZM/nhP7mRoPaEkPu1oHwHvsDDnz/rLU5BPTu CPzC0FxhiL8IT/DVAzhxarTpg32CZXnGCT1VGdfZ5A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IE5ghPnwJ18Yfy+vWWWqjb8Uk2wFwAV3fOMI3BUO0v7udduJBCs9AyhVBUPbc9TMvxH0qmplg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a20:4308:b0:17b:62ae:a8aa with SMTP id h8-20020a056a20430800b0017b62aea8aamr3405075pzk.6.1697834184589; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-126-68.wavecable.com. [204.195.126.68]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 197-20020a6300ce000000b005b82611378bsm1902005pga.52.2023.10.20.13.36.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:36:22 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Maxime Coquelin Cc: dev@dpdk.org, chenbo.xia@outlook.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 22/29] vhost: remove experimental from some API's Message-ID: <20231020133622.53fa1d23@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: References: <20230808173527.186042-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20231019165559.115742-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20231019165559.115742-23-stephen@networkplumber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:41:48 +0200 Maxime Coquelin wrote: > I think we should wait before remove experimental tag on all the Vhost > async APIs. Indeed, it was intended to be used by OVS, but the proposed > architecture was nacked by the OVS maintainers. I'm not aware of any > other user of these APIs. > > So we are not sure the proposed API is a good fit. > Furthermore, it is not clear the team who implemented Vhost Async are > still going to maintain it. > > Chenbo, what do you think? > > Thanks, > Maxime If it was not accepted then maybe the right answer is to mark it as deprecated. It is hard to remove API's but if is experimental maybe drop it all together now?