Re: [dpdk-dev] Stable ABI status of rte_meter_[t|s]rtcm_profile_config

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

On 05/28/2018 04:31 AM, Andy Green wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> Between 18.02 and the putative 18.05 there were changes in the way the
> meter stuff deals with its config.
> 
> I updated the related code in lagopus, but I get warnings about using
> the new APIs (it's the same for rte_meter_trtcm_profile_config())
> 
> ./dpdk/meter.c: In function 'dpdk_register_meter':
> ./dpdk/meter.c:119:7: warning: 'rte_meter_srtcm_profile_config' is
> deprecated: Symbol is not yet part of stable ABI
> [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
>        rte_meter_srtcm_profile_config(&lband->sp, &param);
>        ^
> In file included from ./dpdk/meter.c:27:0:
> /home/agreen/lagopus/src/dpdk/build/include/rte_meter.h:86:1: note:
> declared here
>  rte_meter_srtcm_profile_config(struct rte_meter_srtcm_profile *p,
>  ^
> ./dpdk/meter.c:132:7: warning: 'rte_meter_srtcm_profile_config' is
> deprecated: Symbol is not yet part of stable ABI
> [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
>        rte_meter_srtcm_profile_config(&lband->sp, &param);
>        ^
> In file included from ./dpdk/meter.c:27:0:
> /home/agreen/lagopus/src/dpdk/build/include/rte_meter.h:86:1: note:
> declared here
>  rte_meter_srtcm_profile_config(struct rte_meter_srtcm_profile *p,
> 

Hi Cristian,

Are these API still to be considered experimental in 18.08, or the tags
can be removed?

Kevin.

> 
> As far as I can see this api change is not optional, it changes the
> parameters for related apis to require a struct prepared with these new
> apis.
> 
> -Andy