Re: [PATCH v2] doc: add event timer expiry drop stat

[Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 8:38 AM Naga Harish K S V
<s.v.naga.harish.k@intel.com> wrote:
>
> The structure ``rte_event_timer_adapter_stats`` will be
> extended by adding a new field, ``evtim_drop_count``. This stat
> will represent the number of times an event_timer expiry event
> is dropped by the event timer adapter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Naga Harish K S V <s.v.naga.harish.k@intel.com>


Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>

> ---
> v2:
> * update commit message
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 4e5b23c53d..597a457a37 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -125,3 +125,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    applications should be updated to use the ``dmadev`` library instead,
>    with the underlying HW-functionality being provided by the ``ioat`` or
>    ``idxd`` dma drivers
> +
> +* eventdev/timer: The structure ``rte_event_timer_adapter_stats`` will be
> +  extended by adding a new field, ``evtim_drop_count``. This stat will
> +  represent the number of times an event_timer expiry event is dropped
> +  by the timer adapter. This field will be used by a future patch adding
> +  support for periodic mode to the software timer adapter in DPDK 22.11.
> --
> 2.25.1
>