> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 11:16 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: remove the deprecated whitelist/blacklist
> and master/slave API's
>
> Remove the compatiability hooks that were added in 20.11 around
> master/slave and blacklist/whitelist.
>
> New API's for these were added in 20.11 and the old API was retained but
> marked deprecated. Since 21.11 is the next LTS, it is time to remove the
> deprecated ones.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 7 +++++++
> lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 14 --------------
> lib/eal/common/eal_options.h | 10 ----------
> lib/eal/include/rte_bus.h | 6 ------
> lib/eal/include/rte_dev.h | 6 ------
> lib/eal/include/rte_devargs.h | 6 ------
> lib/eal/include/rte_launch.h | 4 ----
> lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h | 15 ---------------
> 8 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> index d707a554efaf..e34c5aa74ad0 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> @@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ Removed Items
> Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
> =======================================================
>
> +* eal: Removed the deprecated function ``rte_get_master_lcore()``
> + and the iterarator macro ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE``.
> +
> +* eal: The old api arguments that were deprecated for
> + blacklist/whitelist are removed. Users must use the new
> + block/allow list arguments.
> +
>
> API Changes
> -----------
> diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> index ff5861b5f3ef..8853833b108a 100644
> --- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> +++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
"w" can be removed from eal_short_options.
> @@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ eal_long_options[] = {
> {OPT_TRACE_DIR, 1, NULL, OPT_TRACE_DIR_NUM },
> {OPT_TRACE_BUF_SIZE, 1, NULL, OPT_TRACE_BUF_SIZE_NUM },
> {OPT_TRACE_MODE, 1, NULL, OPT_TRACE_MODE_NUM },
> - {OPT_MASTER_LCORE, 1, NULL, OPT_MASTER_LCORE_NUM },
> {OPT_MAIN_LCORE, 1, NULL, OPT_MAIN_LCORE_NUM },
> {OPT_MBUF_POOL_OPS_NAME, 1, NULL,
> OPT_MBUF_POOL_OPS_NAME_NUM},
> {OPT_NO_HPET, 0, NULL, OPT_NO_HPET_NUM },
> @@ -108,10 +107,6 @@ eal_long_options[] = {
> {OPT_NO_TELEMETRY, 0, NULL, OPT_NO_TELEMETRY_NUM },
> {OPT_FORCE_MAX_SIMD_BITWIDTH, 1, NULL,
> OPT_FORCE_MAX_SIMD_BITWIDTH_NUM},
>
> - /* legacy options that will be removed in future */
> - {OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST, 1, NULL, OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST_NUM },
> - {OPT_PCI_WHITELIST, 1, NULL, OPT_PCI_WHITELIST_NUM },
> -
> {0, 0, NULL, 0 }
> };
>
> @@ -1521,10 +1516,6 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char
> *optarg,
> static int a_used;
>
> switch (opt) {
> - case OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST_NUM:
> - fprintf(stderr,
> - "Option --pci-blacklist is deprecated, use -b, --block
> instead\n");
> - /* fallthrough */
> case 'b':
> if (a_used)
> goto ba_conflict;
case 'w' can be removed as well.
> @@ -1698,11 +1689,6 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char
> *optarg,
> conf->process_type = eal_parse_proc_type(optarg);
> break;
>
> - case OPT_MASTER_LCORE_NUM:
> - fprintf(stderr,
> - "Option --" OPT_MASTER_LCORE
> - " is deprecated use " OPT_MAIN_LCORE "\n");
> - /* fallthrough */
> case OPT_MAIN_LCORE_NUM:
> if (eal_parse_main_lcore(optarg) < 0) {
> RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameter for --"
<snip>
