On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:12:16 +0100 Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote:
> 13/01/2023 06:03, Stephen Hemminger: > > The Linux special network driver for kernel networking has been > > a long term problem for DPDK. The performance benefits of KNI > > are available via virtio-user and XDP, and the simpler kernel > > interface via TAP is also available. > > > > This driver has required lots of effort to keep up with the > > kernel API changes. And the overall architecture of the driver > > is fundamentally insecure and has unfixable locking and data > > race problems. No developer has been willing to do extensive > > tests or be the maintainer. > > > > In short, the time has come to do some early spring cleaning > > and remove KNI from DPDK 23.03. > > In doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst it is announced > to be removed in 23.11. Let's keep this RFC for later :) > > For 23.03 could we add a deprecation log message when library is used and when kernel module is loaded.
