From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f52.google.com (mail-wm0-f52.google.com [74.125.82.52]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 903E228FD for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:02:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f52.google.com with SMTP id v188so56261646wme.1 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 03:02:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ev02otQiiZQ1xjOzPmiIqnnuQ6hkRlU4MigiNZ3yZlI=; b=uAja0UYBEoYHggmT0DNoiOkUx8sDN1zYGe0SFlZfZj8dOwVTZTfMPhhscoEMyRtcAL /ogv9ubJ1i6WYQhLhu8pKPdTO8Kz8KwF92guwgoEeTwhlNqxTE7Ib4t/SEB8L2VAcg9K nGnhPCUmMsWvQblbiZqqEgXVPnt9GXfvhB8O75UR8YPdP2su4saZVG7Fxzj0Eaxfv13q abbTgkbfXoVhR8O3CJgGMPOYwJcoHuruM/w8iIqIj7guQzbrOA3pPm4qTt0QPomzrGFx /YOjh2mz+iiUVuCIi0MwKRV7MeUCuA5QmD3oUeV90AS/g1OTifsIFax8h9g1hHcMJ9wS 0aNQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization :user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ev02otQiiZQ1xjOzPmiIqnnuQ6hkRlU4MigiNZ3yZlI=; b=kmTkUiiGR1vxl6CNnPwlppO7/f+hhB0FkDTh7k2ArjnFrPqP+ohfkVqPqJbgyMQX83 FmCFTlyQzE9rqUM6VUnS+x35B9TPLlq6/+Npa3pUr+kLhDlP3gXpz1hX6WG0pgwiN+78 F3XhPnoHw+8ajyfGfRdTGclDz3djWArPNLWbGqK8QQd3Fa06O/cEjVpHX98gXcDBTkuj OHYON2xkzJKYni+4R/ppBD6zp/4INOWNqVLTXroUyuzD4M6nNw4unzQ2sd9cuerDhv2p Xc8/RmbgOJandrUGTeNENt7gDnjcpOaaT9Xg9ORjZoAKQ9PprXRZr5w0higMvxuL3iMn D2Ww== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJKB8ECtbaXkPr/oVM1ED/dWlmATD5w2fjSV5imKsCfSDc+eym/CL9VRa7O7rtb4o+N1 X-Received: by 10.28.10.18 with SMTP id 18mr12309679wmk.64.1460282573421; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 03:02:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (91.111.75.86.rev.sfr.net. [86.75.111.91]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a73sm11655129wme.2.2016.04.10.03.02.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 10 Apr 2016 03:02:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Yuanhan Liu Cc: Panu Matilainen , dev@dpdk.org, huawei.xie@intel.com, Ilya Maximets Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:02:50 +0200 Message-ID: <3754874.Gs70IoFubP@xps13> Organization: 6WIND User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.1.6-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1844725.9Y7TDca69S@xps13> References: <1459925635-15299-1-git-send-email-yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> <57060840.5040503@redhat.com> <1844725.9Y7TDca69S@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: ABI/API change announcement due to refactor X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:02:53 -0000 > > > +* A librte_vhost public structures refactor is planned for DPDK 16.07 > > > + that requires both ABI and API change. > > > + The proposed refactor would expose DPDK vhost dev to applications as > > > + a handle, like the way kernel exposes an fd to user for locating a > > > + specific file, and to keep all major structures internally, so that > > > + we are likely to be free from ABI violations in future. > > > > Acked-by: Panu Matilainen > > > > I applaud the initiative, public structs are by far the worst offender > > when trying to maintain a stable ABI because they're so hard to > > correctly version that hardly anybody besides glibc bothers. > > Yes, nice cleanup to do. > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Applied, thanks