2014-05-06 12:52, Burakov, Anatoly: > Hi Stephen, > > > The DPDK dump functions are useful for remote debugging of an > > applications. But when application runs as a daemon, stdout > > is typically routed to /dev/null. > > > > Instead change all these functions to take a stdio FILE * handle > > instead. An application can then use open_memstream() to capture > > the output. > > Wouldn't it be better to leave old calls as wrappers with the FILE parameter > defaulting to stdout? That way you wouldn't have to change so much code, > keep backwards compatibility with old code, and get the additional > functionality you need.
Refactoring code shouldn't be a problem. We didn't commit for API stability yet. Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
