> > > Moving struct rte_intr_handle as an internal structure to > > > avoid any ABI breakages in future. Since this structure defines > > > some static arrays and changing respective macros breaks the ABI. > > > Eg: > > > Currently RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID imposes a limit of maximum 512 > > > MSI-X interrupts that can be defined for a PCI device, while PCI > > > specification allows maximum 2048 MSI-X interrupts that can be used. > > > If some PCI device requires more than 512 vectors, either change the > > > RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID limit or dynamically allocate based on > > > PCI device MSI-X size on probe time. Either way its an ABI breakage. > > > > > > Discussion thread: > > > https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-March/202959.html > > > > > > Change already included in 21.11 ABI improvement spreadsheet (item 42): > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1betlC000ua5SsSiJIcC54mCCCJnW6voH5Dqv9U > > > xeyfE/edit#gid=0 > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Harman Kalra <hka...@marvell.com> > > > --- > > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > > +* eal: Making ``struct rte_intr_handle`` internal to avoid any ABI > > > breakages > > > + in future. > > > + > > > > Acked-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo....@intel.com> > > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru> Applied, thanks.
