[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce API/ABI changes for mempool

[Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla@caviumnetworks.com>]

An API/ABI change is planned for 17.11 to change following

* Remove unused flag param from rte_mempool_generic_get and _put.
* Change data type for mempool 'flag' from int to unsigned int.
  Refer [1].
* Add struct rte_mempool * param into func rte_mempool_xmem_size,
  rte_mempool_xmem_usage to make it mempool aware.
  Refer [2].

[1] http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25603/
[2] http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25605/

Signed-off-by: Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla@caviumnetworks.com>
---
v1 --> v2:
- Changed the title.
- Added empty line between 'mempool:' and - ``.
(Both suggested by Olivier)

 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 257dcba32..1345b0e65 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -64,3 +64,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
   be removed in 17.11:
 
   - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+
+* mempool: The following will be modified in 17.11:
+
+  - ``rte_mempool_xmem_size`` and ``rte_mempool_xmem_usage`` need to know
+    the mempool flag status so adding new param rte_mempool in those API.
+  - Removing __rte_unused int flag param from ``rte_mempool_generic_put``
+    and ``rte_mempool_generic_get`` API.
+  - ``rte_mempool`` flags data type will changed from int to
+    unsigned int.
-- 
2.11.0