Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: support flow aging

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

18/04/2020 07:04, Bill Zhou:
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > On 4/14/2020 9:32 AM, Dong Zhou wrote:
> > > --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > > +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> > > @@ -3015,6 +3015,7 @@ enum rte_eth_event_type {
> > >  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_NEW,      /**< port is probed */
> > >  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_DESTROY,  /**< port is released */
> > >  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_IPSEC,    /**< IPsec offload related event */
> > > +	RTE_ETH_EVENT_FLOW_AGED,/**< New aged-out flows is detected
> > */
> > >  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_MAX       /**< max value of this enum */
> > >  };
> > 
> > 
> > Just recognized that this is failing in ABI check [1], as far as last time for a
> > similar enum warning a QAT patch has been dropped, should this need to
> > wait for
> > 20.11 too?
> 
> This patch is commonly used for flow aging, there are 2 other patches have 
> implement flow aging in mlx5 driver reply to this patch.
> In our schedule, this feature is merged in 20.05 for some customers. Can it
> be fixed?

These MAX values in enums are a pain.
We can try to think what can be done, waiting 20.11.
Not sure there is a solution, except hijacking an existing value
not used in the PMD, waiting the definitive value in 20.11...