From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:37:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJFAV8yif7rqMLO5SUKTYJbasZqnZxsZwhgOH6iU4_+1iYpMgw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8zc0=7ybpaZozPgA=WboXgMjTwT45vgtNs8Q59g-eAZpQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 2:46 PM David Marchand
<david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 3:36 PM Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > There is a general desire to reduce the size and scope of EAL. To this
> > end, this patchset makes a (very) small step in that direction by taking
> > the logging functionality out of EAL and putting it into its own library
> > that can be built and maintained separately.
> >
> > As with the first RFC for this, the main obstacle is the "fnmatch"
> > function which is needed by both EAL and the new log function when
> > building on windows. While the function cannot stay in EAL - or we would
> > have a circular dependency, moving it to a new library or just putting
> > it in the log library have the disadvantages that it then "leaks" into
> > the public namespace without an rte_prefix, which could cause issues.
> > Since only a single function is involved, subsequent versions take a
> > different approach to v1, and just moves the offending function to be a
> > static function in a header file. This allows use by multiple libs
> > without conflicting names or making it public.
> >
> > The other complication, as explained in v1 RFC was that of multiple
> > implementations for different OS's. This is solved here in the same
> > way as v1, by including the OS in the name and having meson pick the
> > correct file for each build. Since only one file is involved, there
> > seemed little need for replicating EAL's separate subdirectories
> > per-OS.
>
> Series applied, thanks Bruce for this first step.
>
> As mentionned during the maintainers weekly call yesterday, this is
> only a first "easy" step but, thinking of next steps, more splitting
> may not be that easy.
>
> At least, on the libabigail topic, as we need the ABI check to handle
> libraries splits, a new feature has been cooked in (not yet released)
> 2.4 libabigail.
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=libabigail.git;a=commitdiff;h=0b338dfaf690993e123b6433201b3a8b8204d662
> Hopefully, we will have a libabigail release available by the time we
> start the v24.03 release (and re-enable ABI checks).
For the record, libabigail 2.4 got released last Friday.
I had already prepared a patch to use this new feature, I can send it
when needed.
--
David Marchand
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-23 7:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-29 15:18 [RFC PATCH 0/3] Split logging " Bruce Richardson
2022-08-29 15:18 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] os: begin separating some OS compatibility from EAL Bruce Richardson
2022-08-29 18:57 ` Morten Brørup
2022-08-30 8:41 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-30 8:42 ` David Marchand
2022-08-30 9:59 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-08-29 15:19 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2022-08-29 15:19 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 16:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 16:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 16:41 ` Morten Brørup
2023-01-13 17:01 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 17:31 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-01-13 17:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 16:20 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 16:20 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 20:36 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 20:36 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 20:36 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-01-13 20:36 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-01-20 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-01-20 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-01-20 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-01-20 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-01-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL David Marchand
2023-01-23 14:24 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-01-23 14:31 ` David Marchand
2023-01-23 14:36 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-01-23 14:42 ` David Marchand
2023-05-18 12:49 ` [PATCH v5 " Bruce Richardson
2023-05-18 12:49 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-05-18 12:49 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-05-18 12:49 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 10:17 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 10:17 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 10:17 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 10:17 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 15:38 ` [PATCH v7 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 11:18 ` David Marchand
2023-08-09 12:35 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 16:22 ` David Marchand
2023-07-31 16:29 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 10:00 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 11:58 ` David Marchand
2023-08-09 12:24 ` David Marchand
2023-08-09 12:32 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-07-31 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 13:35 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 13:35 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] eal/windows: move fnmatch function to header file Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 13:35 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] log: separate logging functions out of EAL Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 13:35 ` [PATCH v8 3/3] telemetry: use standard logging Bruce Richardson
2023-08-11 12:46 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] Split logging functionality out of EAL David Marchand
2023-08-11 12:59 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-09-01 11:25 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-09-01 12:26 ` Morten Brørup
2023-10-23 7:37 ` David Marchand [this message]
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