Hi Thomas,
14/04/2021 14:20, gak...@marvell.com:
> From: Akhil Goyal <gak...@marvell.com>
>
> Certain structures are added with reserved fields
> to address any future enhancements to retain ABI
> compatibility.
> However, ABI script will still report error as it
> is not aware of reserved fields. Hence, adding a
> generic exception for reserved fields.
>
> Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <gak...@marvell.com>
> ---
> devtools/libabigail.abignore | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/devtools/libabigail.abignore b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
> index 46a5a6af5..a9d284f76 100644
> --- a/devtools/libabigail.abignore
> +++ b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
> @@ -25,3 +25,7 @@
> [suppress_type]
> name = rte_eventdev
> has_data_member_inserted_between = {offset_after(attached), end}
> +
> +; Ignore changes in reserved fields
> +[suppress_variable]
> + name_regexp = reserved
If we do that as first patch of this series,
we don't need the exception on rte_eventdev, right?
It will still be required, as we have 2 issues
1. Reserved_ptr[4] to reserved[3]
2. Additional member ca_enqueue added
So we need both.
Regards,
Akhil
