From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9666AA04EF; Mon, 25 May 2020 12:24:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A3C1D63E; Mon, 25 May 2020 12:24:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-1.mimecast.com [205.139.110.61]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A7671D633 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 12:24:36 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1590402275; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=gKGeS+qI5ZD2FL2KZwbOE4niFbLNuc/RvZEYhZUzzI4=; b=SNeX2BpD53ErW3uk6L5LZeavZJp4jg3fBuuvXbclZu9u+dWNa7/iu4q9RIwyH9wgQEKiUr Oo8dXRmg1xreHSB2FkONfjbjofBJ7kDAs7ryK22NNiBsOdKZNck0rjSTl4F7SpSoPV3cGe I62W1zYViutliGQnqDB5sp2gyUsE7CQ= Received: from mail-vs1-f69.google.com (mail-vs1-f69.google.com [209.85.217.69]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-284-td79FvzOMTiweXTIXL8Iag-1; Mon, 25 May 2020 06:24:34 -0400 X-MC-Unique: td79FvzOMTiweXTIXL8Iag-1 Received: by mail-vs1-f69.google.com with SMTP id z2so1216001vsp.11 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 03:24:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=gKGeS+qI5ZD2FL2KZwbOE4niFbLNuc/RvZEYhZUzzI4=; b=iAF8aalLon1RBMR4fW5YisEXJq3+XopjKY4hQ2Z5mx2vf688j8B3HbIK22yw/EQK0W WY87agvaeQWyohuohKikXhzUByAqMRctpPgZwqAIMd5cylyKpcfW/JgkhlDvpsNzSM9U lx3Yr65Wki3e8Us4aoWJuFB/qTpSm73UvD5cEC1/PQQIQFSIxVKUdQqshzo7oVViYguD msX+menH5SvciCuRhW2ZDAzamVn8IdUXq/7NpyVFAtWOKtxPjLuSNzsYWaY1zz96cW5a vzrMNduHyGaIp6h4Gy1+NVTBc4O4Um8A8GO41exzCARXWj1AN5/ib2431ANsUcoJ4v0C PDOg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532QHTojtXNbUx9A8ZC4Jt9amxp5l0ijoVVaTTNqSF/xpyz/cS8J DMPrHGpEU/olyMmvVqpPvBV8y5LXMb9WmB4NXW9AnDIHN8K1mryWEavkJCkLLaSOGclVJNPxP0E 80OiHozXjcWBSSSb+JOU= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:36d9:: with SMTP id v25mr16921467uau.126.1590402273811; Mon, 25 May 2020 03:24:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwS//OoUvwwWmW+qBjYcHtceZNh+qSJxvf5EFashFKgmv9t6/7py3C+d+2SQN7Ztd2uBIMpsYZv1w8eKERR6iI= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:36d9:: with SMTP id v25mr16921454uau.126.1590402273484; Mon, 25 May 2020 03:24:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200225124431.4088444-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20200304095720.859767-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20200304095720.859767-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> From: David Marchand Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 12:24:22 +0200 Message-ID: To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Neil Horman , John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , dev , Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran , Thomas Monjalon , Andrew Rybchenko X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] doc: plan splitting the ethdev ops struct 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 10:57 AM Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > For the ABI compatibility it is better to hide internal data structures > from the application as much as possible. But because of some inline > functions 'struct eth_dev_ops' can't be hidden completely. > > Plan is to split the 'struct eth_dev_ops' into two as ones used by > inline functions and ones not used, and hide the second part that not > used by inline functions completely to the application. > > Because of ABI break the work will be done in 20.11 > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit Acked-by: David Marchand -- David Marchand