From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445B945F15 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:43:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FD940156; Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:43:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f178.google.com (mail-pl1-f178.google.com [209.85.214.178]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83AD540156 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:43:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f178.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-21644aca3a0so36797885ad.3 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:43:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1734885801; x=1735490601; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=uuIqC76H4W3svXbYjWGWwV1ZUr+ykI/nbFM5nc95Edk=; b=ZcK1zXt151GUgTpNZUytr/4QPC+D/afDuzhNmIBAEGDHrMMlSUMoBzAHkZEEEYoCSc 06p0dERDFV7Vr1DE8Uk/DWRw6OHS24DaenWwfVpsVtye4qUFA97WqyisHThF9fzQXh5R hoLSqiKrf0CXAJBbtrwLVJrto5OvSj66v9tUhLMRZML4l0MSFSRdPvN3jf2MVgfoLDCN RyPJAjGTVe/FBPDZx/Feq26KOARWO7+GDg5ddn21f4MWqbbidXHTJLJbTgi7pkbA+Qi2 dECbhr0Pc1RqgZjJv1VYMcTtijHjgVrqjd5SuSfPGAjFMOpnp3YV3VHXyXdMXdVPJk5B JHUg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1734885801; x=1735490601; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=uuIqC76H4W3svXbYjWGWwV1ZUr+ykI/nbFM5nc95Edk=; b=fm0CXi9cScaeUxfZRRT+dT3krzUKwq4TaPPzNHufXjWkYeQ33T4nA30Oa5nIyRNzdf QVS3bb2pgtqFlrGJfHMc05WUzth2RCAI9CxviULfI0xFHY3LRKuhj4xMI3F6PCP0g+yU 0BeF4G5kg5ocR7uLgGhmAg+IRqhEcdn0HjvjCqe7NIx6mNWT2f/S2wTreMk3ojRkfBSn NWIO6taW0Y953vaqdPGXxL45/6AvyKgZ4gTiPoqThAM+CfClbj0UepVHdcT6WVUhW6Df QWXJGeahdPCiFky8iLG0Z3XZ0seyCWmo7q+PWh2Yddo1kZOj+xXPjenaD89dDWx15cgz i6Rg== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCVGp1X8sYxmfOyIm4F3YUpOnztN77kJdxPPlYbwKciKqW8Dgkw/lUSWZHDixbSWhsk12AkUWHU=@dpdk.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxEMHygtO3sBlENg7VoLarIQwZePvC/mgEkRyCW/HM/lIyCNufM KuSgW5pg1WCC4doXFl4TOdfBrN8WXBqAvED360hRlLKjlSSTrPxmUlaWvp2BPdA= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncsocIqcJPqjpPpt/B20vzHWY6XdoTkFmOkfA11d8Vun0/Iz3e2xdli2tBnChFG r0LdU5GCdm0ZXYi7iMWoafBTCVl+KHQCcdreOSKHWqHpkljHOYna/kmsny9kRQkpEgfp5TCbQC7 7xX8zny77wkU1fGnYIVPD2u7Fh6Fx+PDwrjdcCXOjbwfRNJVtRyeE9e9Eh7rcp9w00ymQhzRxh9 aMh7XqgdQZCT3zXNUQAQ8+wcdyZfxZ9YILL/yHGH3ohbSe2+H1fXXqS7ugJFVHBNQPBLwLPGRYS w1t5khZQO8ewbJDfIGk8zlLD2BZjSoms8Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGNjTSEC5LYyRB8zv8adj+4vQzVIaEfNdRMCWs3Tfs8ifxKX3hyfCldO54Uc6zofLURJKcWng== X-Received: by 2002:a17:903:2291:b0:216:4a8a:2665 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-219e6f267femr114009185ad.50.1734885801530; Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:43:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-219dc964e92sm58749415ad.18.2024.12.22.08.43.20 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:43:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:43:16 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Ariel Otilibili Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stable@dpdk.org, Andrew Boyer Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] devtools/cocci, lib/eal: remove unused rte_bitmap_free() Message-ID: <20241222084316.1b2b7eb9@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <20241222013328.1362225-2-otilibil@eurecom.fr> References: <20241222013328.1362225-1-otilibil@eurecom.fr> <20241222013328.1362225-2-otilibil@eurecom.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:19:53 +0100 Ariel Otilibili wrote: > Coverity reports return values of calls to rte_bitmap_free() are not used. Some existing user code may actually be using this so this would be an API change. Therefore this patch can not be accepted for current releases. It is worth addressing this in future but: - need to go through deprecation process - function to be void - it should be possible to implement a real free function just was never done.