From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF0B25D9 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:15:21 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga007.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.52]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Dec 2018 09:15:19 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,366,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="108064940" Received: from irsmsx104.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.159]) by fmsmga007.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Dec 2018 09:15:18 -0800 Received: from irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.15.233]) by IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.61]) with mapi id 14.03.0415.000; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:15:18 +0000 From: "Pattan, Reshma" To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" , "Dumitrescu, Cristian" , "dev@dpdk.org" , "jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com" , "Singh, Jasvinder" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] eal: add new rte color definition Thread-Index: AQHUjjmhhALKbOTKvk2PW/YCbZWsfKV+7wMAgAALWYCAA95sAIAAYIhA Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:15:17 +0000 Message-ID: <3AEA2BF9852C6F48A459DA490692831F2A3EB753@irsmsx110.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20181123165423.134922-1-jasvinder.singh@intel.com> <1544193116-7058-2-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB977258010D8BA5F8@IRSMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com> <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891268E81545F@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB977258010D8BB16D@IRSMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB977258010D8BB16D@IRSMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiZTNjMWM0MjEtZDA0Ny00ZGQ3LWJlMmUtMDFmY2Y3NjZkZjhlIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE3LjEwLjE4MDQuNDkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoiMnZGcWJyNE1kdDZ4OU9KbjlSbFhVK1FONWFBZkdtbFRiWmdBMk56UE56TTExRFp6Zk1kQ3RoWVVGYVdmVGxnWCJ9 x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.400.15 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.181] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] eal: add new rte color definition X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:15:22 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ananyev, Konstantin > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 11:21 AM > To: Dumitrescu, Cristian ; Pattan, Reshma > ; dev@dpdk.org; > jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com; Singh, Jasvinder > > Cc: Pattan, Reshma > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] eal: add new rte color definition >=20 >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dumitrescu, Cristian > > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 12:16 AM > > To: Ananyev, Konstantin ; Pattan, Reshma > > ; dev@dpdk.org; > > jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com; Singh, Jasvinder > > > > Cc: Pattan, Reshma > > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] eal: add new rte color > > definition > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ananyev, Konstantin > > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 11:36 PM > > > To: Pattan, Reshma ; dev@dpdk.org; > > > Dumitrescu, Cristian ; > > > jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com; Singh, Jasvinder > > > > > > Cc: Pattan, Reshma > > > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] eal: add new rte color > > > definition > > > > > > Hi Reshma, > > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_color.h > > > b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_color.h > > > > new file mode 100644 > > > > index 000000000..f4387071b > > > > --- /dev/null > > > > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_color.h > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ > > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause > > > > + * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation */ > > > > + > > > > +#ifndef _RTE_COLOR_H_ > > > > +#define _RTE_COLOR_H_ > > > > + > > > > +/** > > > > + * Color > > > > + */ > > > > +enum rte_color { > > > > + RTE_COLOR_GREEN =3D 0, /**< Green */ > > > > + RTE_COLOR_YELLOW, /**< Yellow */ > > > > + RTE_COLOR_RED, /**< Red */ > > > > + RTE_COLORS /**< Number of colors */ }; > > > > > > Does it really belong to EAL? > > > Konstantin > > > > > > > Why not? > > > > It needs to be visible to multiple libraries: ethdev, meter, sched, as > > well as drivers. We'd like to avoid adding more complexity to dependenc= ies > between libraries. > > > > It is very generic. EAL common/include is currently the place to put > > generic data structures, functions, algs, etc that are widely used by D= PDK > libraries. Lots of similar examples are easy to find in this folder. >=20 > I don't think it is *that* generic to be in EAL. > Yes it is used by few libs, ethdev and by softnic PMD, > but it doesn't look as core dpdk thing to me. >=20 > > > > Where else would you put it? >=20 > If it defines format of rte_mbuf fileds, then probably new .h inside libr= te_mbuf is > a good place. > Other alternatives would be rte_ethdev or rte_net. After going through the lib/Makefile dependencies, I see we can have rte_co= lor.h in eal or mbuf library only. Cannot keep it inside ethdev or net libraries because these two libraries a= lready have dependency on mbuf library, so cannot create loop dependency. Snippet 1) DEPDIRS-librte_eal :=3D librte_kvargs 2)DEPDIRS-librte_mbuf :=3D librte_eal librte_mempool 3)DEPDIRS-librte_ethdev :=3D librte_net librte_eal librte_mempool librte_ri= ng DEPDIRS-librte_ethdev +=3D librte_mbuf DEPDIRS-librte_ethdev +=3D librte_kvargs DEPDIRS-librte_ethdev +=3D librte_cmdline=20 4) DEPDIRS-librte_net :=3D librte_mbuf librte_eal 5) DEPDIRS-librte_meter :=3D librte_eal Thanks, Reshma