Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-11 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 11/11/2019 10:54 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 11/11/2019 7:26 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >> In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking >> ABI compatibility, some space is reserved in several core structs >> of ethdev API. >> >> The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-11 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 11/11/2019 7:26 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking > ABI compatibility, some space is reserved in several core structs > of ethdev API. > > The struct rte_eth_dev and rte_eth_dev_data are supposed > to be used internally only, but there i

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: reserve space in main structs for extension

2019-11-10 Thread Thomas Monjalon
In order to allow smooth addition of features without breaking ABI compatibility, some space is reserved in several core structs of ethdev API. 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