Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-08 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 11/8/19 12:57 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 11/7/2019 10:15 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >> The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed >> to be used internally only, but there is a chance that >> increasing their size would break ABI for some applications. >> In order to allow smooth

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-08 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 11/7/2019 10:15 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed > to be used internally only, but there is a chance that > increasing their size would break ABI for some applications. > In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking > ABI com

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-08 Thread Thomas Monjalon
08/11/2019 04:41, Stephen Hemminger: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 23:15:24 +0100 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed > > to be used internally only, but there is a chance that > > increasing their size would break ABI for some applications. > > In orde

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-07 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 23:15:24 +0100 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed > to be used internally only, but there is a chance that > increasing their size would break ABI for some applications. > In order to allow smooth addition of features without brea

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-07 Thread Thomas Monjalon
The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed to be used internally only, but there is a chance that increasing their size would break ABI for some applications. In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking ABI compatibility, some space is reserved. Signed-off-by: Thom