Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt mode

["Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 9:09 PM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>; Nithin Dabilpuram
> <nithind1988@gmail.com>; Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>;
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; Andrew Rybchenko
> <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; jerinj@marvell.com; kkanas@marvell.com; Nithin
> Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt
> mode
> 
> On 4/24/2020 11:28 AM, Dumitrescu, Cristian wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Nithin Dabilpuram <nithind1988@gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6:21 PM
> >> To: Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>; Dumitrescu, Cristian
> >> <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> >> <thomas@monjalon.net>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Andrew
> >> Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; jerinj@marvell.com; kkanas@marvell.com; Nithin
> >> Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >> Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] ethdev: add tm support for shaper config in pkt
> >> mode
> >>
> >> From: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >>
> >> Some NIC hardware support shaper to work in packet mode i.e
> >> shaping or ratelimiting traffic is in packets per second (PPS) as
> >> opposed to default bytes per second (BPS). Hence this patch
> >> adds support to configure shared or private shaper in packet mode,
> >> provide rate in PPS and add related tm capabilities in port/level/node
> >> capability structures.
> >>
> >> This patch also updates tm port/level/node capability structures with
> >> exiting features of scheduler wfq packet mode, scheduler wfq byte mode
> >> and private/shared shaper byte mode.
> >>
> >> SoftNIC PMD is also updated with new capabilities.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> >> ---
> >> v3..v4:
> >> - Update text under packet_mode as per Cristian.
> >> - Update rte_eth_softnic_tm.c based on Jasvinder's comments.
> >> - Add error enum
> RTE_TM_ERROR_TYPE_SHAPER_PROFILE_PACKET_MODE
> >> - Fix shaper_profile_check() with packet mode check
> >> - Fix typo's
> >>
> >
> > Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
> >
> 
> Hi Nithin,
> 
> It looks like patch is causing ABI break, I am getting following warning [1],
> can you please check?
> 
> [1]
> https://pastebin.com/XYNFg14u


Hi Ferruh,

The RTE_TM API is marked as experimental, but it looks that this was not correctly marked when __rte_experimental ABI checker was introduced.

It is marked as experimental at the top of the rte_tm.h, similarly to other APIs introduced around same time, but it was not correctly picked up by the ABI check procedure when later introduced, so __rte_experimental was not added to every function.

Regards,
Cristian