i agree.  Best to get these changes out sooner rather than later.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:31 AM, Savolainen, Petri (Nokia - FI/Espoo) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> It would be great to get it in v1.7. Otherwise, master and api-next would
> have lots of conflicting (example/validation) lines and merge would be more
> difficult in the next release.
>
> -Petri
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lng-odp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of EXT
> > Maxim Uvarov
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 2:01 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [lng-odp] [API-NEXT PATCH 0/6] Rename queue types
> >
> > Petri,
> >
> > that looks like also good to go to 1.7. Validation tests should be there
> > because it's only rename.
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Maxim.
> >
> >
> > On 01/29/2016 19:00, Bill Fischofer wrote:
> > > Thanks for the further explanation.  Yes, UNSCHED implies a dichotomy
> > > that may be limiting.  I guess the real distinction is that certain
> > > queues are managed by ODP while others are managed by the application
> > > itself (alternately, queues are either system managed, with various
> > > ODP-defined attributes, or user managed).  I don't suppose either
> > > ODP_QUEUE_TYPE_APPLICATION or ODP_QUEUE_TYPE_USER appeals?
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Savolainen, Petri (Nokia - FI/Espoo)
> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >     I have considered unsched also, but really don’t like that since
> > >     it would define the queue type by what it is not (instead of what
> > >     it is). It would be also problematic term, if we’d need to define
> > >     a third type in the future (e.g. sorted queue, etc).
> > >
> > >     This queue type provides the basic (or plain) set of queue
> > >     features. Also I’d not call it “normal queue”, since sched queue
> > >     may be the norm for one application and this for another. Term
> > >     “basic” could have the same problem: e.g. atomic queue maybe the
> > >     basic queue type for an application. In RFC, I used term “direct
> > >     queue”, but I’d want to reserve the term “direct” for e.g. “direct
> > >     pktio” mode and other direct accesses APIs (to other ODP blocks).
> > >     When these plain (or scheduled) queues are connected to pktio,
> > >     it’s an in-direction compared to the direct access.
> > >
> > >     After these patches the (commonly spoken) terminology would be
> > >
> > >     ·Plain queues
> > >
> > >     ·Parallel queues
> > >
> > >     ·Atomic queues
> > >
> > >     ·Ordered queues
> > >
> > >     … and potentially in the future
> > >
> > >     ·Sorted queues, etc (queues with advanced features) …
> > >
> > >     /**
> > >
> > >     * Queue create
> > >
> > >     *
> > >
> > >     * Create a queue according to the queue parameters. Queue type is
> > >     specified by
> > >
> > >     * queue parameter 'type'. Use odp_queue_param_init() to initialize
> > >     parameters
> > >
> > >     * into their default values. *Default values are also used when
> > >     'param' pointer*
> > >
> > >     ** is NULL. The default queue type is ODP_QUEUE_TYPE_PLAIN.*
> > >
> > >     *
> > >
> > >     * @param name    Queue name
> > >
> > >     * @param param   Queue parameters. Uses defaults if NULL.
> > >
> > >     *
> > >
> > >     * @return Queue handle
> > >
> > >     * @retval ODP_QUEUE_INVALID on failure
> > >
> > >     */
> > >
> > >     odp_queue_t odp_queue_create(const char *name, const
> > >     odp_queue_param_t *param);
> > >
> > >     The default type is already documented. If user sets param to NULL
> > >     or passes an initialized param (without any changes), the result
> > >     is the same - the default settings. The type would be PLAIN in
> > >     both cases.
> > >
> > >     -Petri
> > >
> > >     *From:*EXT Bill Fischofer [mailto:[email protected]
> > >     <mailto:[email protected]>]
> > >     *Sent:* Friday, January 29, 2016 5:21 AM
> > >     *To:* Savolainen, Petri (Nokia - FI/Espoo)
> > >     *Cc:* LNG ODP Mailman List
> > >     *Subject:* Re: [lng-odp] [API-NEXT PATCH 0/6] Rename queue types
> > >
> > >     This looks good, however PLAIN doesn't seem very intuitive as it's
> > >     not descriptive of how the queue behaves.  How about simply
> > >     QUEUE_TYPE_UNSCHED to contrast with QUEUE_TYPE_SCHED?  The real
> > >     distinction here is whether the ODP scheduler or the application
> > >     is managing the queue, i.e., whether the queue is scheduled or
> > >     unscheduled.  Encoding that in the name would make that
> > >     distinction very clear.  With the move of the type parameter into
> > >     the odp_queue_param_t struct, omitting this struct on
> > >     odp_queue_create() would default to creating an unscheduled queue.
> > >
> > >     Other than that, for this series:
> > >
> > >     Reviewed-and-tested-by: Bill Fischofer <[email protected]
> > >     <mailto:[email protected]>>
> > >
> > >     On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Petri Savolainen
> > >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> > >     wrote:
> > >
> > >         This patch set renames queue types and pktio modes with
> > >         commonly used and
> > >         descriptive terms. Type of odp_queue_type_t is defined as enum
> > >         and included
> > >         into queue parameters. Queue type and defines parameter usage
> > >         (which params are
> > >         considered e.g. in queue creation), and is inline with other
> > >         create APIs (pool,
> > >         timer, tm, ...).
> > >
> > >         These modifications are preparation for removal of PKTIN and
> > >         PKOUT queue types,
> > >         and the single queue pktio API (odp_pktio_inq_setdef(), etc).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >         Petri Savolainen (6):
> > >           api: sched: rename SCHED_SYNC_NONE to _PARALLEL
> > >           api: queue: rename QUEUE_TYPE_POLL to _PLAIN
> > >           api: pktio: rename pktio modes
> > >           api: queue: define queue type as enum
> > >           api: queue: moved queue type into queue parameters
> > >           linux-generic: use term plain queue instead of poll
> > >
> > >          example/classifier/odp_classifier.c           | 16 ++--
> > >          example/generator/odp_generator.c           |  9 ++-
> > >          example/ipsec/odp_ipsec.c           | 43 ++++++-----
> > >          example/packet/odp_pktio.c          | 14 ++--
> > >          example/time/time_global_test.c           |  8 +-
> > >          example/timer/odp_timer_test.c          |  5 +-
> > >          include/odp/api/packet_io.h           | 26 +++----
> > >          include/odp/api/queue.h           | 68 +++++++++-------
> > >          include/odp/api/schedule_types.h          | 12 +--
> > >          .../linux-generic/include/odp/plat/queue_types.h  |  8 --
> > >          .../include/odp/plat/schedule_types.h           |  2 +-
> > >          platform/linux-generic/odp_packet_io.c          | 37 +++++----
> > >          platform/linux-generic/odp_queue.c          | 13 +++-
> > >          platform/linux-generic/odp_schedule.c           |  5 +-
> > >          platform/linux-generic/pktio/loop.c           |  2 +-
> > >          platform/linux-generic/pktio/netmap.c           |  3 +-
> > >          test/performance/odp_l2fwd.c          | 54 ++++++-------
> > >          test/performance/odp_pktio_perf.c           | 32 ++++----
> > >          test/performance/odp_scheduling.c           | 20 ++---
> > >          .../classification/odp_classification_common.c    | 11 +--
> > >          .../classification/odp_classification_test_pmr.c  | 13 ++--
> > >          .../classification/odp_classification_tests.c     | 51
> > >         ++++++------
> > >          test/validation/crypto/crypto.c           |  3 +-
> > >          test/validation/pktio/pktio.c           | 90
> > >         +++++++++++-----------
> > >          test/validation/pktio/pktio.h           |  4 +-
> > >          test/validation/queue/queue.c           | 48 ++++++------
> > >          test/validation/scheduler/scheduler.c           | 89
> > >         +++++++++++----------
> > >          test/validation/timer/timer.c           |  6 +-
> > >          28 files changed, 353 insertions(+), 339 deletions(-)
> > >
> > >         --
> > >         2.6.3
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