Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] mempool: reduce rte_mempool structure size

["Hunt, David" <david.hunt@intel.com>]

On 15/02/2016 10:15, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> On 02/15/2016 10:58 AM, Hunt, David wrote:
>> On 12/02/2016 15:50, Olivier MATZ wrote:
>>> - NEXT_ABI does make the code harder to read in this case, and I'm
>>>     thinking about the patchset from David Hunt (external mempool handler)
>>>     that will be in the same situation, and maybe also another patchset
>>>     I'm working on.
>>
>> Olivier,
>>      I'm working on that at the moment with the external mempool handler
>> code. However, it crossed my mind that we have a choice to use symbol
>> versioning OR use NEXT_ABI. Would one method be preferred over the other?
>
> I think symbol versioning should always be preferred when possible.
>
> In your case, as far as I remember, your are updating the rte_mempool
> structure, which is accessed by static inline functions. I don't think
> it is easily manageable with symbol versioning. Moreover, the ABI will
> already be broken by Keith's patch, so I think it's less problematic
> to have other patches breaking the ABI at the same time.

OK, Thanks for that. I'll use NEXT_ABI in this case so. :)

Regards,
David.