From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC32EA0032; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:22:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EFFC40141; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:22:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f47.google.com (mail-pj1-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4FC400D7 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:22:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f47.google.com with SMTP id d7-20020a17090a564700b001f209736b89so5623321pji.0 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:22:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sQVbUnxkLOP5H9L26T8anktQ356s+95xaUt79vKDdyw=; b=SjSb2HigpY7nurf7/dRU3AmCVO8k8qeh5MBvbmdyVuBfFgkuNiHCCB2Oawz2ep3OsX a9W6Tpq0PI0UWXSswCWkIlT0WbQ9rD83T9y12TJjAHxl4GJ9mWTWqmGWVudd8rV2sJ9F x3kcKTjiZWzOivS8T/BAu6jJHbax0JxpZ/xtwzf4mjtZzubM+OUO/lEXHamaw/lybDbM gPaHp+UMMM99fTJ4RsDkyxwgS9beS/ACFFUm21m2N9sK82WZ6IwR7LKNDI738kLonCRE jQUZ5/aV5gn173Qxv4vO4O7ATIPiyL0KDhExKXmf28kurv0TafO/5Wh1KSHEswxd6xrB HnQA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sQVbUnxkLOP5H9L26T8anktQ356s+95xaUt79vKDdyw=; b=xbtMatC7RF5fv+T003GeJRldg2AkzqLTIW/KJthWaiGU5DSKbuWDqiDS1BCWhX4YUv ZdZLuidi41Vk0Wwm1KKR5AeyCsFnWApiruQjia3jHx6zPkcTnNjceyQ38i6jN7geXlgO MNoKbp9/zkxrnemkRnRvnzlyMOgoW22igW5gNrEkDpjNyODfe7lDsWAfArvEb53gbw/G bptMLVYFBk1ffdgA8WfDwqUwgwAPJcRAdg6pl/aWmuj5wdz2UaSjODFi4qvzwggZm28W w4PNGExy/oULXGFYXBK7B7hiq8AOGuGDsbe9HQPtt2Qv6Uw0XCR0t1S6O2z4rD7QuSsk 19EQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+CdAMe/D/BszU2UK2Km6BHhtAHxeI16W75rRQ14rz39GxhWbDO o7PuVl/HKXiRIpQk8YnGEp4FtA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1vC86jZ5kU/w86JXevMkZZvwV0mX1eywpYi113ccjAhGZ6hyUgyJquQaHKR7N33pFOkKj2RLw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3507:b0:1f2:1b74:11d1 with SMTP id ls7-20020a17090b350700b001f21b7411d1mr10288425pjb.99.1658416957889; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-120-218.wavecable.com. [204.195.120.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n15-20020a170902d2cf00b0016bd67bc868sm1884260plc.210.2022.07.21.08.22.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:22:35 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Chengwen Feng Cc: , Subject: Re: [RFC] memarea: introduce memory area library Message-ID: <20220721082235.38a08d70@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <20220721044648.6817-1-fengchengwen@huawei.com> References: <20220721044648.6817-1-fengchengwen@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:46:48 +0800 Chengwen Feng wrote: > +struct rte_memarea { > + void *private_data; /**< private management data pointer*/ > + struct rte_memarea_param init; > +}; Why does this structure have to be exposed in user API? Hiding it in implementation would reduce ABI breakage problems.