04/03/2020 10:57, Ferruh Yigit: > For the ABI compatibility it is better to hide internal data structures > from the application as much as possible. But because of some inline > functions 'struct eth_dev_ops' can't be hidden completely. > > Plan is to split the 'struct eth_dev_ops' into two as ones used by > inline functions and ones not used, and hide the second part that not > used by inline functions completely to the application. > > Because of ABI break the work will be done in 20.11 > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> > --- > +* ethdev: Split the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct to hide it as much as > possible > + will be done in 20.11. > + Currently the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct is accessible by the > application > + because some inline functions, like ``rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status()``, > + access the struct directly. > + The struct will be separate in two, the ops used by inline functions will > be moved > + next to Rx/Tx burst functions, rest of the ``struct eth_dev_ops`` struct > will be > + moved to header file for drivers to hide it from applications.
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
