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From: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] stringfns: remove rte_snprintf
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:39:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <59AF69C657FD0841A61C55336867B5B02CEE3359@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140624090253.140206a7@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:03 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] stringfns: remove rte_snprintf
> 
> The function rte_snprintf serves no useful purpose. It is the
> same as snprintf() for all valid inputs. Just remove it and
> replace all uses in current code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> 

NAK to this as is.
Approve of replacing all instance of the rte_snprintf function with the standard version in all our code and libraries.
However, rather than just removing the function completely, I think we should just flag the function as deprecated initially, and then later on look to remove it completely.

/Bruce

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-06-24 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-24 16:02 Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 16:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] test: remove no longer valid tests Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 16:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] fix incorrect snprintf usage Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 17:39 ` Richardson, Bruce [this message]
2014-06-24 17:54   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] stringfns: remove rte_snprintf Stephen Hemminger
2014-06-24 18:00     ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-06-25  7:55       ` Olivier MATZ
2014-06-25  8:33   ` Thomas Monjalon
2014-06-26 15:09     ` Richardson, Bruce
2014-06-26 16:20       ` Aaron Campbell
2014-06-27  0:37         ` Thomas Monjalon

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