From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FCDB1B2EF for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:33:25 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Feb 2018 02:33:25 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,501,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="203368376" Received: from irsmsx154.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.96]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2018 02:33:24 -0800 Received: from irsmsx156.ger.corp.intel.com (10.108.20.68) by IRSMSX154.ger.corp.intel.com (163.33.192.96) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.319.2; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:33:23 +0000 Received: from irsmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.11.9]) by IRSMSX156.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.153]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:33:23 +0000 From: "Dumitrescu, Cristian" To: Olivier Matz , "dev@dpdk.org" , Neil Horman , "Mcnamara, John" , "Kovacevic, Marko" CC: Kevin Wilson , "Ananyev, Konstantin" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce control mbuf removal Thread-Index: AQHTmOSPARq/aN+Rn0CCv138g7V3s6OgpOuAgAACV1A= Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:33:22 +0000 Message-ID: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891267BB18FCA@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20180129093027.16357-1-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <20180212102215.bzowbuxr7r6asliq@platinum> In-Reply-To: <20180212102215.bzowbuxr7r6asliq@platinum> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.0.116 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.180] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce control mbuf removal 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:33:27 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Matz > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 10:22 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org; Neil Horman ; Mcnamara, > John ; Kovacevic, Marko > > Cc: Kevin Wilson ; Ananyev, Konstantin > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce control mbuf removal >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Please, any other comments or acks for this one? >=20 > Thanks > Olivier >=20 >=20 > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:30:27AM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote: > > Link: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/069813.html > > Link: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32041/ > > > > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index d59ad5988..e98ce6a0a 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -59,3 +59,16 @@ Deprecation Notices > > be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of t= he > > structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on > > platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. > > + > > +* mbuf: The control mbuf API will be removed in v18.05. The impacted > > + functions and macros are: > > + > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_init()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_alloc()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_free()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_data()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_len()`` > > + - ``rte_is_ctrlmbuf()`` > > + - ``CTRL_MBUF_FLAG`` > > + > > + The packet mbuf API should be used as a replacement. > > -- > > 2.11.0 > > We use control messages extensively in examples/ip_pipeline. Every time we = needed control messages, we found that the control mbuf was too heavy and d= id not add any value, so we ended up creating custom data structures.