C99-style flexible arrays were a bad idea for this API. This announces a minor API/ABI change to remove them.
Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 40b76b391..77390ce9f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ Deprecation Notices rte_eth_rss_conf`` due to its limitations. All parameters, including the currently missing hash function to use will be made part of ``struct rte_flow_action_rss`` directly. + +* rte_flow: C99-style flexible arrays in ``struct rte_flow_action_rss`` and + ``struct rte_flow_item_raw`` will be replaced by standard pointers to the + same data. They proved difficult to use in the field (e.g. no possibility + of static initialization) and are unsuitable for C++ applications. -- 2.11.0
