From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>,
"Artem V. Andreev" <artem.andreev@oktetlabs.ru>,
Ashwin Sekhar T K <asekhar@marvell.com>,
Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>,
Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>,
Sachin Saxena <sachin.saxena@oss.nxp.com>,
Harman Kalra <hkalra@marvell.com>,
Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>,
Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] mempool: add namespace to driver register macro
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:42:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <408661365.SrHDaeAMXg@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8y-zFZ7w2AKfoEhJVMy9AXjZJOmLefBm9_Cw+gj1CKOKw@mail.gmail.com>
19/10/2021 11:27, David Marchand:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:05 AM Andrew Rybchenko
> <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/19/21 11:49 AM, David Marchand wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:50 PM Andrew Rybchenko
> > > <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Add RTE_ prefix to macro used to register mempool driver.
> > >> The old one is still available but deprecated.
> > >
> > > ODP seems to use its own mempools.
> > >
> > > $ git grep-all -w MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS
> > > OpenDataplane/platform/linux-generic/pktio/dpdk.c:MEMPOOL_REGISTER_OPS(odp_pool_ops);
> > >
> > > I'd say it counts as a driver macro.
> > > If so, we could hide it in a driver-only header, along with
> > > rte_mempool_register_ops getting marked as internal.
> > >
> > > $ git grep-all -w rte_mempool_register_ops
> > > FD.io-VPP/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c: rte_mempool_register_ops (&ops);
> > > FD.io-VPP/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c: rte_mempool_register_ops (&ops);
> >
> > Do I understand correctly that it is required to remove it from
> > stable ABI/API, but still allow external SW to use it?
> >
> > Should I add one more patch to the series?
>
> If we want to do the full job, we need to inspect driver-only symbols
> in rte_mempool.h.
> But this goes way further than a simple prefixing as this series intended.
>
> I just read your reply, I think we agree.
> Let's go with simple prefix and take a note to cleanup in the future.
Yes, and we should probably discuss in techboard what should be kept
compatible for external mempool drivers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-19 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-18 14:49 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] mempool: cleanup namespace Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-18 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] mempool: avoid flags documentation in the next line Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-18 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] mempool: add namespace prefix to flags Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 8:52 ` David Marchand
2021-10-19 9:40 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-10-18 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] mempool: add namespace to internal but still visible API Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 8:47 ` David Marchand
2021-10-19 9:10 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-18 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] mempool: make header size calculation internal Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 8:48 ` David Marchand
2021-10-19 8:59 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-18 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] mempool: add namespace to driver register macro Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 8:49 ` David Marchand
2021-10-19 9:04 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 9:23 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 9:27 ` David Marchand
2021-10-19 9:38 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 9:42 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2021-10-18 14:49 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] mempool: deprecate unused defines Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] mempool: cleanup namespace Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] mempool: avoid flags documentation in the next line Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 16:13 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] mempool: add namespace prefix to flags Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 16:13 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 16:15 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 17:45 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] mempool: add namespace to internal but still visible API Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 16:14 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] mempool: make header size calculation internal Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 16:14 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 17:23 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] mempool: add namespace to driver register macro Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 16:16 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] mempool: deprecate unused defines Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 16:21 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 17:23 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] mempool: cleanup namespace Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] mempool: avoid flags documentation in the next line Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] mempool: add namespace prefix to flags Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 20:03 ` David Marchand
2021-10-20 7:50 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] mempool: add namespace to internal but still visible API Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] mempool: make header size calculation internal Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 6:55 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] mempool: add namespace to driver register macro Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 6:57 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 17:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] mempool: deprecate unused defines Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 7:08 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-19 20:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] mempool: cleanup namespace David Marchand
2021-10-20 7:52 ` David Marchand
2021-10-20 7:54 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 7:52 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-20 8:07 ` David Marchand
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