David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> writes:
[...]
>> --- a/devtools/libabigail.abignore
>> +++ b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
>> @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
>> changed_enumerators = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_LIST_END
>> [suppress_variable]
>> name = rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings
>> +; Ignore updates of epoll event
>> +[suppress_type]
>> + type_kind = struct
>> + name = rte_epoll_event
>
> In general, ignoring all changes on a structure is risky.
> But the risk is acceptable as long as we remember this for the rest of
> the 20.08 release (and we will start from scratch for 20.11).
Right, I thought about this too when I saw that change. If that struct
is inherently *not* part of the logically exposed ABI, the risk is
really minimal as well. In that case, maybe a comment saying so in the
.abignore file could be useful for future reference.
[...]
Cheers,
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Dodji
