[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: deprecate function to set default mbuf pool

[Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>]

Deprecate rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops(), it shall be replaced by
rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops().

Cc: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>

Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst    | 4 ++--
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 1e2443c76..781cc6894 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   mempool names have been defined in ``rte_mbuf`` in v18.02. The uses of
   ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops`` shall be replaced by
   ``rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops``.
-  The following function is now redundant and it is target to be deprecated
-  in 18.05:
+  The following function is deprecated since 18.05, and will be removed
+  in 18.08:
 
   - ``rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops``
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index c698b3155..8de5d69e8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -502,11 +502,13 @@ const char * __rte_experimental
 rte_eal_mbuf_user_pool_ops(void);
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Get default pool ops name for mbuf
  *
  * @return
  *   returns default pool ops name.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 const char *
 rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops(void);
 
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2.11.0