Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] ethdev: add pre-defined meter policy API

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

Cristian, Li, please remove useless context when replying.

14/04/2021 06:55, Li Zhang:
> > > + * Example #2: GREEN - Do nothing, YELLOW - Do nothing, RED - DROP
> > > + *   struct rte_mtr_meter_policy_params policy_1 =
> > > + *                                   (struct
> > > rte_mtr_meter_policy_params) {
> > > + *           .actions[RTE_COLOR_GREEN] = NULL,
> > > + *           .actions[RTE_COLOR_YELLOW] = NULL,
> > > + *           .actions[RTE_COLOR_RED] = (struct rte_flow_action[]) {
> > > + *                   {
> > > + *                           .type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP,
> > > + *                   },
> > > + *                   {
> > > + *                           .type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END,
> > > + *                   },
> > > + *           },
> > > + *   };
> > > + *
> >
> > These two example policies should be available to be used straight away,
> > please make them real data structures, not comments.

Wait, you are giving code examples as part of doxygen?
It's really too long, we don't do that.

> > I suggest their names as: pass_color_policy_params and
> > drop_red_policy_params.
> >
> Thanks. Will change the names. But it can not be real data structures, since it just one example define and no use code.
> It will bring build as below:
> error: 'drop_red_policy_params' defined but not used.
>  User can copy these example to his .c file when it using rte_mtr_meter_policy_add().

If you need to provide an example, we use the directory examples.
I see rte_mtr is not implemented in any example,
so it could be a later addition.