From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"vladz@cloudius-systems.com" <vladz@cloudius-systems.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] ethdev: use opaque user callback object
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:22:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB9772585FAC3718@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171201103308.GB10384@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 10:33 AM
> To: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev@dpdk.org; vladz@cloudius-systems.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] ethdev: use opaque user callback object
>
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 02:29:57AM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > "struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback" is defined as internal data structure but
> > used in public APIs.
> >
> > Checking the API documentation shows that intention was using this
> > object as opaque object. Data structure only used in delete APIs which
> > doesn't require to know the internals of the data structure.
> >
> > Converting callback parameter in API to void pointer should not require
> > any modification in user application because this data structure was
> > already marked as internal and only should be used as pointer in
> > application.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > ---
>
> I disagree on this patch. The structure itself is not exposed, only the
> name, since it is only passed around as a pointer, so there is no need
> to change the parameters to void pointer. It's a named opaque type.
Personally I think it would be better to do visa-versa:
make rte_eth_add_(rx|tx)_callback() to return struct rte_eth_rxtx_callback *
instead of void *.
Konstantin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-01 11:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-01 2:29 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] ethdev: remove unused flag from header Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/7] ethdev: fix port id storage Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 9:01 ` Hemant Agrawal
2017-12-01 23:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/7] ethdev: separate driver APIs Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 6:24 ` Shreyansh Jain
2017-12-01 8:59 ` Hemant Agrawal
2017-12-01 23:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/7] ethdev: separate internal structures into own header Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 5:44 ` Hemant Agrawal
2017-12-01 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/7] ethdev: reorder inline functions Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/7] ethdev: rename function parameter for consistency Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] ethdev: use opaque user callback object Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-01 10:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-12-01 11:22 ` Ananyev, Konstantin [this message]
2017-12-01 13:17 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-12-01 23:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-04 10:31 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-12-04 17:49 ` Ferruh Yigit
[not found] ` <49eb13f1-e12f-071a-b58b-1cd4852b7c8b@scylladb.com>
2017-12-01 22:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] ethdev: remove unused flag from header Vlad Zolotarov
2017-12-01 23:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-02 2:22 ` Vlad Zolotarov
2017-12-04 17:54 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-04 19:37 ` Vlad Zolotarov
2018-01-09 16:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] ethdev: fix port id storage Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-09 16:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] ethdev: separate driver APIs Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-09 19:19 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2018-01-09 16:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] ethdev: separate internal structures into own header Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-09 16:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] ethdev: reorder inline functions Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-09 16:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] ethdev: rename function parameter for consistency Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-09 16:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] ethdev: return named opaque type instead of void pointer Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-09 18:55 ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-01-09 18:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-01-17 21:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] ethdev: fix port id storage Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 21:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] ethdev: return named opaque type instead of void pointer Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 22:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-18 10:09 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-09 11:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] " Ferruh Yigit
[not found] ` <20180309123651.GB19004@hmswarspite.think-freely.org>
2018-03-09 13:00 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-09 15:16 ` Neil Horman
2018-03-09 15:45 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-09 19:06 ` Neil Horman
2018-03-20 15:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-20 16:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] " Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-21 13:04 ` Neil Horman
2018-03-23 17:00 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-03-24 2:08 ` Neil Horman
2018-03-26 8:47 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-03-27 19:10 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 21:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] ethdev: separate driver APIs Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 21:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] ethdev: separate internal structures into own header Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 22:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-18 10:09 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 21:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] ethdev: reorder inline functions Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 21:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] ethdev: rename function parameter for consistency Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-17 22:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] ethdev: fix port id storage Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-17 22:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-18 10:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-18 11:29 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-20 16:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: separate driver APIs Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-20 16:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] ethdev: separate internal structures into own header Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-20 16:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] ethdev: reorder inline functions Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-20 16:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] ethdev: rename function parameter for consistency Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-21 23:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: separate driver APIs Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-21 23:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-21 23:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/4] ethdev: separate internal structures into own header Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-21 23:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/4] ethdev: reorder inline functions Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-21 23:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/4] ethdev: rename function parameter for consistency Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-22 0:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/4] ethdev: separate driver APIs Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-22 0:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/4] ethdev: separate internal structures into own header Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-22 0:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/4] ethdev: reorder inline functions Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-22 0:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/4] ethdev: rename function parameter for consistency Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-22 0:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/4] ethdev: separate driver APIs Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-09 11:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] ethdev: fix port id storage Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-09 12:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-26 20:25 ` Ferruh Yigit
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