> From: Tyler Retzlaff [mailto:roret...@linux.microsoft.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00.33 > > Here is the latest iteration of the proposed change to allow struct > rte_mbuf > to be consumed by MSVC. > > * Introduce an internal __rte_marker macro conditionally expanded for > MSVC > vs existing users of the struct. At some point we can uncomment > __rte_deprecated > to assist migration away from the current marker fields for > applications > after appropriate announcement periods etc.. > > * Introduce anonymous unions to allow aliasing of the previous named > offsets by a *new* name. The intention would be to convert the dpdk > tree > to use the new names along with this change and enable > __rte_deprecated > for dpdk builds (not applications) to avoid accidental re- > introduction. > > * The anonymous unions are now also used to pad cacheline0 and > cacheline1 instead > of __rte_cache_min_aligned.
ACK. This design also seems reusable for similar structures.
