2016-04-07 10:12, Panu Matilainen: > On 04/06/2016 09:53 AM, Yuanhan Liu wrote: > > +* A librte_vhost public structures refactor is planned for DPDK 16.07 > > + that requires both ABI and API change. > > + The proposed refactor would expose DPDK vhost dev to applications as > > + a handle, like the way kernel exposes an fd to user for locating a > > + specific file, and to keep all major structures internally, so that > > + we are likely to be free from ABI violations in future. > > Acked-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com> > > I applaud the initiative, public structs are by far the worst offender > when trying to maintain a stable ABI because they're so hard to > correctly version that hardly anybody besides glibc bothers.
Yes, nice cleanup to do. Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
