Any resolution, I know there have been discussions on going but I need to
know if this is in 0.10.0

On 27 January 2015 at 09:12, Mike Holmes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can we resolve this for 0.10.0
>
> On 25 January 2015 at 22:40, Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 03:01:24PM +0200, Taras Kondratiuk wrote:
>> > On 01/24/2015 08:06 PM, Bill Fischofer wrote:
>> > > The issue is not whether the number of segments is changed but whether
>> > > the pkt handle is changed.  APIs that potentially substitute a new
>> > > handle must return a handle.  If a handle is not returned then the
>> input
>> > > handle is unchanged, however behavior of subsequent APIs against that
>> > > handle may of course change.  To take a trivial example,
>> > > odp_packet_len() will obviously change following a push/pull even
>> though
>> > > the same handle is used.
>> > >
>> > > I agree with Jerin that we really need to take care to not overspecify
>> > > behavior on ODP APIs.  API observable effects should be minimally
>> > > specified to allow implementations latitude in how best to map the
>> > > required behavior to their platform.  In the case of push/pull the
>> > > purpose is simply to add or subtract bytes at the start or end of a
>> > > packet.  That's the essential function of these APIs and is the only
>> > > thing that should be specified as required behavior.
>> > >
>> > > In the case of segmentation there are two philosophies one can adopt.
>> > > The first is that the application desires and needs to have explicit
>> > > control over packet segmentation.  The second is that any packet
>> > > segmentation is the responsibility of the implementation and the
>> > > application need only be aware that packets may be segmented and take
>> > > that into account in its design, realizing that segments are the units
>> > > of contiguous addressability.  The former is a very software-centric
>> > > view which provides limited opportunity for implementations to
>> optimize
>> > > performance, and may in fact be impossible to implement efficiently on
>> > > some platforms.  The latter requires that existing software-centric
>> > > applications may need some more redesign to better adapt to ODP.  But
>> > > the benefits of such adaptation is cleaner portability across a wider
>> > > range of platforms with optimal performance on each, and that's really
>> > > the goal of ODP.
>> >
>> > I agree on most of these items and I do understand Jerin's restrictions,
>> > but my main point: current test does follow specification. If it can't
>> > be implemented efficiently on a platform, then specification should be
>> > changed first.
>>
>> OK, How about following change in the specification ?
>>
>> diff --git a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet.h
>> b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet.h
>> index 920a593..e418e42 100644
>> --- a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet.h
>> +++ b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet.h
>> @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void *odp_packet_tail(odp_packet_t pkt);
>>   * headroom -= len
>>   * data     -= len
>>   *
>> - * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. Handles
>> and
>> + * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. pkt
>> handle and
>>   * pointers remain valid. User is responsible to update packet metadata
>>   * offsets when needed.
>>   *
>> @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void *odp_packet_push_head(odp_packet_t pkt, uint32_t
>> len);
>>   * headroom += len
>>   * data     += len
>>   *
>> - * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. Handles
>> and
>> + * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. pkt
>> handle and
>>   * pointers remain valid. User is responsible to update packet metadata
>>   * offsets when needed.
>>   *
>> @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void *odp_packet_pull_head(odp_packet_t pkt, uint32_t
>> len);
>>   * tail     += len
>>   * tailroom -= len
>>   *
>> - * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. Handles,
>> + * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. pkt
>> handle,
>>   * pointers and offsets remain valid.
>>   *
>>   * @param pkt  Packet handle
>> @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void *odp_packet_push_tail(odp_packet_t pkt, uint32_t
>> len);
>>   * tail     -= len
>>   * tailroom += len
>>   *
>> - * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. Handles
>> and
>> + * Operation does not modify packet segmentation or move data. pkt
>> handle and
>>   * pointers remain valid. User is responsible to update packet metadata
>>   * offsets when needed.
>>   *
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> *Mike Holmes*
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> LNG - ODP
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