Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 01/16] ethdev: update ABI for flow API functions

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

04/04/2018 17:56, Adrien Mazarguil:
> Subsequent patches will modify existing types and slightly alter the
> behavior of the flow API. This warrants a major ABI breakage.
> 
> While it is already taken care of for 18.05 (LIBABIVER was updated to
> version 9 by a prior commit), this patch explicitly adds the affected flow
> API functions as a safety measure.

I don't understand this patch.

If the API is broken, you must move the function from old block to
the new one. And it must be done in the patch modifying the function.


> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev_version.map
> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev_version.map
> +DPDK_18.05 {
> +	global:
> +
> +	rte_flow_validate;
> +	rte_flow_create;
> +	rte_flow_query;
> +	rte_flow_copy;
> +
> +} DPDK_18.02;