RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SHARED has been deprecated since 21.05 when it was replaced by RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT. It has no remaining users in the tree.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> --- cover-letter.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst | 3 ++- lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h | 11 ----------- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) create mode 100644 cover-letter.txt diff --git a/cover-letter.txt b/cover-letter.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ecbd3239e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/cover-letter.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +The DPDK policy is that an experimental API should be promoted to +stable after one or more releases. A large part of the ethdev API had +been left marked experimental long past that point; the meter API, for +example, has been experimental since 17.11 and is implemented by many +drivers and used by applications as if it were already stable. This +series promotes 119 ethdev symbols introduced in 24.11 or earlier whose +prototypes have not changed since, along with the stale doxygen +EXPERIMENTAL warnings on structures and inline functions. The patches +are split by feature so that each can be dropped on its own. + +The trace point symbols are left experimental on purpose; trace +infrastructure is intended to stay unstable. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst index 591718253d..7f278d4645 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_11.rst @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ Removed Items * Removed deprecated symbols: * eal: ``__rte_packed`` - * ethdev: ``rte_flow_copy``, ``struct rte_flow_desc`` + * ethdev: ``rte_flow_copy``, ``struct rte_flow_desc``, + ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SHARED`` * fib: ``RTE_FIB6_IPV6_ADDR_SIZE``, ``RTE_FIB6_MAXDEPTH`` * lpm: ``RTE_LPM6_IPV6_ADDR_SIZE``, ``RTE_LPM6_MAX_DEPTH`` * net: ``RTE_IP_ICMP_ECHO_REPLY``, ``RTE_IP_ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST`` diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h index dcd1dbf03e..869cc9a26d 100644 --- a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h +++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h @@ -3059,17 +3059,6 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type { */ RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE, - /** - * @deprecated - * @see RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT - * - * Describe action shared across multiple flow rules. - * - * Allow multiple rules reference the same action by handle (see - * struct rte_flow_shared_action). - */ - RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SHARED, - /** * Modify a packet header field, tag, mark or metadata. * -- 2.53.0
