From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93272A00C5; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:30:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0A4D323C; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:30:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.19]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E93A2E81; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:30:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27BF15D1; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:30:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:30:14 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm1; bh= W6mwFb+pttFzZaykhDVaqQIugVO75kk178xRfaY90lA=; b=ulAtLEuX+d/65QOE /D0a/nyU4UxHsGaKwMvBBD+5aZtgKo4qiVfgyCW3uNqW5ZsTnACi3zhnnLRRxXxF iW7F8HfuAJ2il43qmcz8vzUOlKODHqofMB6FOPgbX/m/TA2xVKcjSqRB/114F2Nd XDsvViTdbk03YnjJvyXi+YrPTSTV3Fj5eXF3ywOw7AA5W3RyOd3p4zBvCFRiv8jA 9052tONCNF9LXw3GNzzkzv0HUwjgBjNNa1TUWCcMnXRkl49fDUPilYUj3szDQZcF zaEl7U4n6Q11PuC7yL45aAlfewNVa+gaYu6PGnwuPGRZLCf6MLrSYERALkzOznm/ ZBd6rw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=W6mwFb+pttFzZaykhDVaqQIugVO75kk178xRfaY90 lA=; b=puk0p8VU3/xBgh0+Z0QQyy2QKmjYTo1lyvtQIWj/G4PtIf5I+LHKa+XQ8 Q5UbVy2NePHH8xUSBerZ9JIxo6XE2QGtfgAZ/tynW60WImPPe+6Kfjn7q+uPNOoU OlnXoXbvHQSt0a2WIj1izjMNkBW4bFDNiKYQJjEN8U4MytV3C1OYIWgbj5HYyjvU V+3IQ1hUcSmQueik2mdXFk/6ZDlTm6dQKjZSlzhfvGVy58mYSGP1W45KEQo+M60p MzFu08N1AG4t443OK93ZfGkyPYAcMkLbKxIV2XZO5HJTERN3VSN96ri8tNWIhgxP 8QI8wgBQUFQCvQt7/ULf3E3RUDxkA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrudehjedguddvvdcutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeffvdffjeeuteelfeeileduudeugfetjeelveefkeejfeeigeeh teffvdekfeegudenucffohhmrghinhepughpughkrdhorhhgnecukfhppeejjedrudefge drvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhl fhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D4D473061856; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:30:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Olivier Matz , Jerin Jacob Cc: dev@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org, John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:30:10 +0200 Message-ID: <318373323.FDTIfyX7Cs@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20200525212415.3173817-1-thomas@monjalon.net> <20200611063229.3591726-1-thomas@monjalon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mbuf: document guideline for new fields and flags 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 11/06/2020 08:37, Jerin Jacob: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 12:02 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > Since dynamic fields and flags were added in 19.11, > > the idea was to use them for new features, not only PMD-specific. > > > > The guideline is made more explicit in doxygen, in the mbuf guide, > > and in the contribution design guidelines. > > > > For more information about the original design, see the presentation > > https://www.dpdk.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/10/DynamicMbuf.pdf > > > > This decision was discussed in the Technical Board: > > http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-June/169667.html > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon > > Acked-by: Olivier Matz > > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob Applied