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From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
To: Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com>,
	"Medvedkin, Vladimir" <vladimir.medvedkin@intel.com>,
	Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>,
	nd <nd@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] lpm: hide internal data
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:45:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d7353a81-4e05-c803-dc39-96e789e2395f@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <VI1PR0802MB23515EC923BDE2CC77B289ED9E210@VI1PR0802MB2351.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>

On 16/09/2020 04:17, Ruifeng Wang wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Medvedkin, Vladimir <vladimir.medvedkin@intel.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:28 AM
>> To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Ruifeng Wang
>> <Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Honnappa Nagarahalli
>> <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>; nd <nd@arm.com>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] lpm: hide internal data
>>
>> Hi Ruifeng,
>>
>> On 15/09/2020 17:02, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 04:15:17PM +0800, Ruifeng Wang wrote:
>>>> Fields except tbl24 and tbl8 in rte_lpm structure have no need to be
>>>> exposed to the user.
>>>> Hide the unneeded exposure of structure fields for better ABI
>>>> maintainability.
>>>>
>>>> Suggested-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Phil Yang <phil.yang@arm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>> -
>>>>   lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h |   7 --
>>>>   2 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>> diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
>>>> index 03da2d37e..112d96f37 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
>>>> +++ b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
>>>> @@ -132,17 +132,10 @@ struct rte_lpm_rule_info {
>>>>
>>>>   /** @internal LPM structure. */
>>>>   struct rte_lpm {
>>>> -	/* LPM metadata. */
>>>> -	char name[RTE_LPM_NAMESIZE];        /**< Name of the lpm. */
>>>> -	uint32_t max_rules; /**< Max. balanced rules per lpm. */
>>>> -	uint32_t number_tbl8s; /**< Number of tbl8s. */
>>>> -	struct rte_lpm_rule_info rule_info[RTE_LPM_MAX_DEPTH]; /**<
>> Rule info table. */
>>>> -
>>>>   	/* LPM Tables. */
>>>>   	struct rte_lpm_tbl_entry tbl24[RTE_LPM_TBL24_NUM_ENTRIES]
>>>>   			__rte_cache_aligned; /**< LPM tbl24 table. */
>>>>   	struct rte_lpm_tbl_entry *tbl8; /**< LPM tbl8 table. */
>>>> -	struct rte_lpm_rule *rules_tbl; /**< LPM rules. */
>>>>   };
>>>>
>>>
>>> Since this changes the ABI, does it not need advance notice?
>>>
>>> [Basically the return value point from rte_lpm_create() will be
>>> different, and that return value could be used by rte_lpm_lookup()
>>> which as a static inline function will be in the binary and using the
>>> old structure offsets.]
>>>
>>
>> Agree with Bruce, this patch breaks ABI, so it can't be accepted without prior
>> notice.
>>
> So if the change wants to happen in 20.11, a deprecation notice should have been
> added in 20.08.
> I should have added a deprecation notice. This change will have to wait for next ABI update window.
> 

Do you plan to extend? or is this just speculative?

A quick scan and there seems to be several projects using some of these
members that you are proposing to hide. e.g. BESS, NFF-Go, DPVS,
gatekeeper. I didn't look at the details to see if they are really needed.

Not sure how much notice they'd need or if they update DPDK much, but I
think it's worth having a closer look as to how they use lpm and what
the impact to them is.

> Thanks.
> Ruifeng
>>>>   /** LPM RCU QSBR configuration structure. */
>>>> --
>>>> 2.17.1
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Vladimir


  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-30  8:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-07  8:15 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] LPM changes Ruifeng Wang
2020-09-07  8:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] lpm: fix free of data structure Ruifeng Wang
2020-09-15 15:55   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-09-15 16:25   ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-09-07  8:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] lpm: hide internal data Ruifeng Wang
2020-09-15 16:02   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-09-15 16:28     ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-09-16  3:17       ` Ruifeng Wang
2020-09-30  8:45         ` Kevin Traynor [this message]
2020-10-09  6:54           ` Ruifeng Wang
2020-10-13 13:53             ` Kevin Traynor
2020-10-13 14:58               ` Michel Machado
2020-10-13 15:41                 ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-10-13 17:46                   ` Michel Machado
2020-10-13 19:06                     ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-10-13 19:48                       ` Michel Machado
2020-10-14 13:10                         ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-10-14 23:57                           ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-10-15 13:39                             ` Michel Machado
2020-10-15 17:38                               ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-10-15 19:30                                 ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-10-15 22:54                                   ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-10-16 11:39                                     ` Kevin Traynor
2020-10-16 13:55                                       ` Michel Machado
2020-10-19 14:53                                     ` David Marchand
2020-10-20 14:22                                       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-20 14:32                                         ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-10-19 17:53             ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2020-09-15 14:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] LPM changes David Marchand
2020-10-19 13:37   ` Kevin Traynor
2020-10-21  3:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Ruifeng Wang
2020-10-21  3:02   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] lpm: fix free of data structure Ruifeng Wang
2020-10-21  3:02   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] lpm: hide internal data Ruifeng Wang
2020-10-21  7:58     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-10-21  8:15       ` Ruifeng Wang
2020-10-22 15:14     ` David Marchand
2020-10-23  6:13       ` Ruifeng Wang
2020-10-23 16:08         ` Medvedkin, Vladimir
2020-10-23  9:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] LPM changes David Marchand
2020-10-23  9:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] lpm: fix free of data structure David Marchand
2020-10-23  9:38   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] lpm: hide internal data David Marchand
2020-10-26  8:26   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] LPM changes David Marchand

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