> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Matz > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 10:22 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org; Neil Horman <nhor...@tuxdriver.com>; Mcnamara, > John <john.mcnam...@intel.com>; Kovacevic, Marko > <marko.kovace...@intel.com> > Cc: Kevin Wilson <wkev...@gmail.com>; Ananyev, Konstantin > <konstantin.anan...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce control mbuf removal > > Hi, > > Please, any other comments or acks for this one? > > Thanks > Olivier > > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:30:27AM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote: > > Link: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-July/069813.html > > Link: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/32041/ > > > > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.m...@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitre...@intel.com> > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index d59ad5988..e98ce6a0a 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -59,3 +59,16 @@ Deprecation Notices > > be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of the > > structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on > > platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. > > + > > +* mbuf: The control mbuf API will be removed in v18.05. The impacted > > + functions and macros are: > > + > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_init()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_alloc()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_free()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_data()`` > > + - ``rte_ctrlmbuf_len()`` > > + - ``rte_is_ctrlmbuf()`` > > + - ``CTRL_MBUF_FLAG`` > > + > > + The packet mbuf API should be used as a replacement. > > -- > > 2.11.0 > > We use control messages extensively in examples/ip_pipeline. Every time we needed control messages, we found that the control mbuf was too heavy and did not add any value, so we ended up creating custom data structures.
