From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 291813257 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 21:45:47 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Jan 2018 12:45:46 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,350,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="20543874" Received: from txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com (HELO txasoft-yocto.an.intel.com.) ([10.123.72.111]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 12 Jan 2018 12:45:46 -0800 From: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> To: nhorman@tuxdriver.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com, aconole@redhat.com, thomas@monjalon.net Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:45:35 -0600 Message-Id: <1515789935-3794-1-git-send-email-erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] doc: announce API change to lcore role function X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:45:48 -0000 This an API/ABI change notice for DPDK 18.05 announcing a change in the meaning of the return values of the rte_lcore_has_role() function. Signed-off-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carrillo@intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 13e8543..15a94cf 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count`` - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse`` +* eal: The semantics of the return value for the ``rte_lcore_has_role`` function + are planned to change in v18.05. The function currently returns 0 and <0 for + success and failure, respectively. This will change to 1 and 0 for true and + false, respectively, to make use of the function more intuitive. + * pci: Several exposed functions are misnamed. The following functions are deprecated starting from v17.11 and are replaced: -- 2.6.4