From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] stringfns: remove rte_snprintf
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:54:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140624105427.166c21bf@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <59AF69C657FD0841A61C55336867B5B02CEE3359@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com>
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:39:52 +0000
"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:03 AM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] stringfns: remove rte_snprintf
> >
> > The function rte_snprintf serves no useful purpose. It is the
> > same as snprintf() for all valid inputs. Just remove it and
> > replace all uses in current code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> >
>
> NAK to this as is.
> Approve of replacing all instance of the rte_snprintf function with the standard version in all our code and libraries.
> However, rather than just removing the function completely, I think we should just flag the function as deprecated initially, and then later on look to remove it completely.
>
> /Bruce
I want to get it out now rather than some 2 year life cycle.
The issue was discussed and marking it as deprecated breaks the build.
Alternate is removing all instances and adding:
#define rte_snprintf snprintf
in header file for user compatiablity.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-24 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-24 16:02 Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 16:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] test: remove no longer valid tests Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 16:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] fix incorrect snprintf usage Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 17:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] stringfns: remove rte_snprintf Richardson, Bruce
2014-06-24 17:54 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2014-06-24 18:00 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-06-25 7:55 ` Olivier MATZ
2014-06-25 8:33 ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-06-26 15:09 ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-06-26 16:20 ` Aaron Campbell
2014-06-27 0:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
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