On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 07:32:07PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Inform users that rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port() will add a size > parameter in next release. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> > --- Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>
> doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 17f90a6352..d390a1640a 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -158,3 +158,7 @@ Deprecation Notices > * net/iavf: The dynamic mbuf field used to detect LLDP packets on the > transmit path in the iavf PMD will be removed in a future release. > After removal, only packet type-based detection will be supported. > + > +* ethdev: Starting in 26.11, the function ``rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port()`` > + will take a size parameter as well as the string buffer. > + This will detect and prevent accidental overwriting of caller provided > buffer. > -- > 2.53.0 >
