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From: "Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
	Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/10] Add __rte_internal tag for functions and version target
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:40:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6128d6a6e4eb4b48856e23e505760dd6@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200417023812.rrwe5t7rwfsk6j3p@penguin.lxd>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:38
> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand@redhat.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/10] Add __rte_internal tag for functions and version target
> 
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 02:04:30AM +0000, Wang, Haiyue wrote:
> > Hi Neil,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Neil Horman
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 22:24
> > > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > > Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>;
> Richardson,
> > > Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/10] Add __rte_internal tag for functions and version target
> > >
> > > This tag is meant to be used on function prototypes to identify
> > > functions that are only meant to be used by internal DPDK libraries
> > > (i.e. libraries that are built while building the SDK itself, as
> > > identified by the defining of the BUILDING_RTE_SDK macro).  When that
> > > flag is not set, it will resolve to an error function attribute, causing
> > > build breakage for any compilation unit attempting to build it
> > >
> > > Validate the use of this tag in much the same way we validate
> > > __rte_experimental.  By adding an INTERNAL version to library map files,
> > > we can exempt internal-only functions from ABI checking, and handle them
> > > to ensure that symbols we wish to only be for internal use between dpdk
> > > libraries are properly tagged with __rte_experimental
> > >
> > > Note this patch updates the check-experimental-syms.sh script, which
> > > normally only check the EXPERIMENTAL section to also check the INTERNAL
> > > section now.  As such its been renamed to the now more appropriate
> > > check-special-syms.sh
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> > > CC: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>
> > > CC: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > > CC: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > ---
> > >  ...rimental-syms.sh => check-special-syms.sh} | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
> > >  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h    | 12 ++++++++++
> > >  mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk                |  6 ++---
> > >  mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk                 |  2 +-
> > >  4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >  rename buildtools/{check-experimental-syms.sh => check-special-syms.sh} (53%)
> > >
> > ....
> >
> > > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h
> > > index 92ff28faf..739e8485c 100644
> > > --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h
> > > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h
> > > @@ -89,4 +89,16 @@ __attribute__((section(".text.experimental")))
> > >
> > >  #endif
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * __rte_internal tags mark functions as internal only, If specified in public
> > > + * header files, this tag will resolve to an error directive, preventing
> > > + * external applications from attempting to make calls to functions not meant
> > > + * for consumption outside the dpdk library
> > > + */
> > > +#ifdef BUILDING_RTE_SDK
> > > +#define __rte_internal __attribute__((section(".text.internal")))
> > > +#else
> > > +#define __rte_internal __attribute__((error("This function cannot be used outside of the core
> DPDK
> > > library"), \
> > > +	section(".text.internal")))
> > > +#endif
> > >  #endif /* _RTE_COMPAT_H_ */
> >
> > Since struct definition is also a kind of ABI (am I right ? ;-) ), like:
> >
> Yes, thats correct, which is why I've advocated for making structs
> opaque as part of the abi, but I suppose thats not where we are. :)
> 

Make sense, normally structs can't live alone without function API. A little
paranoid for type only ABI checking. ;-) And this definition is good for ABI
checking as we did it for EXPERIMENTAL.

Thanks!
Haiyue

> > drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
> > struct rte_pci_device {
> > 	...
> > 	struct rte_intr_handle vfio_req_intr_handle;
> > 				/**< Handler of VFIO request interrupt */
> > } __rte_internal;
> >
> > Then will capture the errors anyway by using one of __rte_internal definition.
> > 	error: 'section' attribute does not apply to types [-Werror=attributes]
> > 	error: 'error' attribute does not apply to types
> >
> As it is currently written, the __rte_internal macro is only written to
> work on functions.  If you don't want a struct to be part of the ABI, we
> would need to either:
> 
> a) make a simmilar macro (say __rte_internal_data) which uses a simmilar
> gcc attibute to catch external usage.
> 
> or
> 
> b) just move the strucute definition to a location that isn't exposed as
> part of the external ABI
> 
> Neil
> 
> > > 2.20.1
> >
> >

  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-17  4:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-25 18:43 [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/2] introduce __rte_internal tag Neil Horman
2019-05-25 18:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 1/2] Add __rte_internal tag for functions and version target Neil Horman
2019-06-05 16:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-05-25 18:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Convert dpaa driver to tag internal-only symbols appropriately Neil Horman
2019-06-05 16:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] [RFC PATCH 0/2] introduce __rte_internal tag Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-05 16:45   ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-05 18:11     ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06  9:44       ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-06 11:34         ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06 12:04           ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-06 13:18             ` Wiles, Keith
2019-06-06 13:43               ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06 13:53                 ` Wiles, Keith
2019-06-06 14:46                   ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06 13:35             ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06 14:02               ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-06 15:03                 ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06 15:14                   ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-06 15:26                     ` Neil Horman
2019-06-06 16:23                       ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-06 16:55                         ` Neil Horman
2019-06-07  9:41                           ` Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
2019-06-07 10:35                             ` Neil Horman
2019-06-07 15:42                   ` Ray Kinsella
2019-06-07 18:21                     ` Wiles, Keith
2020-01-09 15:49                       ` Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 0/9] dpdk: " Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/9] Add __rte_internal tag for functions and version target Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/9] Exempt INTERNAL symbols from checking Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 3/9] mark dpaa driver internal-only symbols with __rte_internal Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 4/9] fslmc: identify internal only functions and tag them as __rte_internal Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 5/9] dpaa2: Adjust dpaa2 driver to mark internal symbols with __rte_internal Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 6/9] dpaax: mark internal functions " Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 7/9] cpt: " Neil Horman
2019-06-17  5:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Anoob Joseph
2019-06-12 20:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 8/9] octeonx: " Neil Horman
2019-06-12 20:39   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 9/9] dpaa2: " Neil Horman
2019-06-12 21:14     ` Aaron Conole
2019-06-13 10:24       ` Neil Horman
2019-06-13  7:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 0/9] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag David Marchand
2019-06-13 10:30     ` Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/10] " Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/10] Add __rte_internal tag for functions and version target Neil Horman
2020-04-17  2:04     ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-04-17  2:38       ` Neil Horman
2020-04-17  4:40         ` Wang, Haiyue [this message]
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/10] meson: add BUILDING_RTE_SDK Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:44     ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-19 10:39       ` Neil Horman
2019-06-19 10:46         ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-19 18:34           ` Neil Horman
2019-06-20 10:20             ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-20 10:21     ` Bruce Richardson
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/10] Exempt INTERNAL symbols from checking Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/10] mark dpaa driver internal-only symbols with __rte_internal Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/10] fslmc: identify internal only functions and tag them as __rte_internal Neil Horman
2019-06-17  7:30     ` Hemant Agrawal
2019-06-19 10:45       ` Neil Horman
2020-04-02  9:49         ` Hemant Agrawal
2020-04-02 11:30           ` Neil Horman
2020-04-02 15:44             ` Hemant Agrawal
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/10] dpaa2: Adjust dpaa2 driver to mark internal symbols with __rte_internal Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/10] dpaax: mark internal functions " Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/10] cpt: " Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/10] octeonx: " Neil Horman
2019-06-13 14:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/10] dpaa2: " Neil Horman
2019-08-06 10:03   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/10] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag Thomas Monjalon
2019-08-06 12:21     ` Neil Horman
2020-01-09  9:55       ` David Marchand
2020-01-09 11:46         ` Neil Horman
2020-01-09 11:53           ` David Marchand
2020-04-22 13:52   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/1] " Haiyue Wang
2020-04-22 13:52     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/1] eal: add internal ABI mark support Haiyue Wang
2020-04-22 14:13       ` David Marchand
2020-04-22 16:44         ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-04-22 16:37   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/1] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag Haiyue Wang
2020-04-22 16:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/1] eal: add internal ABI mark support Haiyue Wang
2020-04-23  3:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/1] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag Haiyue Wang
2020-04-23  3:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/1] eal: add internal ABI marking support Haiyue Wang
2020-04-24 14:52       ` David Marchand
2020-04-25  6:10         ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-04-25 14:21           ` David Marchand
2020-04-25 14:24             ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-25  6:04   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/6] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25  6:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/6] eal: add internal ABI tag definition Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25  6:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/6] build: enable internal API tag Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25  6:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/6] mk: add internal tag check Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25  6:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/6] devtools: ignore internal ABI check Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25  6:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/6] devtools: exempt internal ABI checking Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25  6:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/6] devtools: enforce internal tag at the beginning Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 10:56   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/6] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 10:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/6] eal: add internal ABI tag definition Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 10:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/6] build: enable internal API tag Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 10:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/6] mk: add internal tag check Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 14:34       ` David Marchand
2020-04-25 10:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/6] devtools: ignore internal ABI check Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 10:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/6] devtools: exempt internal ABI checking Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 14:34       ` David Marchand
2020-04-25 10:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/6] devtools: enforce internal tag at the beginning Haiyue Wang
2020-04-25 14:39     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/6] dpdk: introduce __rte_internal tag David Marchand
2020-04-25 16:34       ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-04-25 18:09       ` Wang, Haiyue
2020-04-29  8:22         ` David Marchand
2020-04-29  8:24           ` Wang, Haiyue

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