From: "Kinsella, Ray" <ray.kinsella@intel.com>
To: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "Baran, MarcinX" <marcinx.baran@intel.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
"Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
"david.marchand@redhat.com" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
Pawel Modrak <pawelx.modrak@intel.com>,
"Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 01/10] config: change ABI versioning to global
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:10:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BN6PR11MB414556B5E7B90996ECE9BEB8904F0@BN6PR11MB4145.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24aae2ed616a13f9597cc6059f0288ddd91bf359.1573230233.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> Sent: Friday 8 November 2019 16:25
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Baran, MarcinX <marcinx.baran@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Kinsella, Ray
> <ray.kinsella@intel.com>; david.marchand@redhat.com; Pawel Modrak
> <pawelx.modrak@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v7 01/10] config: change ABI versioning to global
>
> From: Marcin Baran <marcinx.baran@intel.com>
>
> As per new ABI policy, all of the libraries are now versioned using one
> global ABI version. Changes in this patch implement the necessary steps
> to enable that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Baran <marcinx.baran@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Modrak <pawelx.modrak@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> v6:
> - Silenced grep error message on trying to grep a directory
>
> v3:
> - Removed Windows support from Makefile changes
> - Removed unneeded path conversions from meson files
>
> buildtools/meson.build | 2 ++
> config/ABI_VERSION | 1 +
> config/meson.build | 4 +++-
> drivers/meson.build | 20 ++++++++++++--------
> lib/meson.build | 18 ++++++++++++------
> meson_options.txt | 2 --
> mk/rte.lib.mk | 13 ++++---------
> 7 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) create mode 100644
> config/ABI_VERSION
>
> diff --git a/buildtools/meson.build b/buildtools/meson.build index
> 32c79c1308..78ce69977d 100644
> --- a/buildtools/meson.build
> +++ b/buildtools/meson.build
> @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ if python3.found()
> else
> map_to_def_cmd = ['meson', 'runpython', files('map_to_def.py')]
> endif
> +
> +is_experimental_cmd = [find_program('grep', 'findstr'), '^DPDK_']
> diff --git a/config/ABI_VERSION b/config/ABI_VERSION new file mode
> 100644 index 0000000000..9a7c1e503f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/config/ABI_VERSION
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +20.0
> diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build index
> 2b1cb92e7e..30aa2a5313 100644
> --- a/config/meson.build
> +++ b/config/meson.build
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ endforeach
> # depending on the configuration options pver =
> meson.project_version().split('.')
> major_version = '@0@.@1@'.format(pver.get(0), pver.get(1))
> +abi_version = run_command(find_program('cat', 'more'),
> + files('ABI_VERSION')).stdout().strip()
>
> # extract all version information into the build configuration
> dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_YEAR', pver.get(0).to_int()) @@ -37,7 +39,7 @@
> endif
>
> pmd_subdir_opt = get_option('drivers_install_subdir')
> if pmd_subdir_opt.contains('<VERSION>')
> - pmd_subdir_opt =
> major_version.join(pmd_subdir_opt.split('<VERSION>'))
> + pmd_subdir_opt =
> abi_version.join(pmd_subdir_opt.split('<VERSION>'))
> endif
> driver_install_path = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), pmd_subdir_opt)
> eal_pmd_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), driver_install_path)
> diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build index
> 156d2dc717..b03e0c3159 100644
> --- a/drivers/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/meson.build
> @@ -124,12 +124,19 @@ foreach class:dpdk_driver_classes
> output: out_filename,
> depends: [pmdinfogen, tmp_lib])
>
> - if get_option('per_library_versions')
> - lib_version = '@0@.1'.format(version)
> - so_version = '@0@'.format(version)
> + version_map = '@0@/@1@/@2@_version.map'.format(
> + meson.current_source_dir(),
> + drv_path, lib_name)
> +
> + is_experimental = run_command(is_experimental_cmd,
> + files(version_map)).returncode()
> +
> + if is_experimental != 0
> + lib_version = '0.1'
[rk] This all makes sense - except this part.
[rk] I would expect the experimental major version to always be zero ...
[rk] However I would expect the minor version to increment with each new release or at the maintainers discretion.
> + so_version = '0'
> else
> - lib_version = major_version
> - so_version = major_version
> + lib_version = abi_version
> + so_version = abi_version
> endif
>
> # now build the static driver
> @@ -142,9 +149,6 @@ foreach class:dpdk_driver_classes
> install: true)
>
> # now build the shared driver
> - version_map = '@0@/@1@/@2@_version.map'.format(
> - meson.current_source_dir(),
> - drv_path, lib_name)
> shared_lib = shared_library(lib_name,
> sources,
> objects: objs,
> diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build index
> b2ec9c09a9..3cff2482b1 100644
> --- a/lib/meson.build
> +++ b/lib/meson.build
> @@ -106,12 +106,18 @@ foreach l:libraries
> cflags += '-DRTE_USE_FUNCTION_VERSIONING'
> endif
>
> - if get_option('per_library_versions')
> - lib_version = '@0@.1'.format(version)
> - so_version = '@0@'.format(version)
> + version_map = '@0@/@1@/rte_@2@_version.map'.format(
> + meson.current_source_dir(), dir_name, name)
> +
> + is_experimental = run_command(is_experimental_cmd,
> + files(version_map)).returncode()
> +
> + if is_experimental != 0
> + lib_version = '0.1'
> + so_version = '0'
> else
> - lib_version = major_version
> - so_version = major_version
> + lib_version = abi_version
> + so_version = abi_version
> endif
>
> # first build static lib
> @@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ foreach l:libraries
> dependencies: static_deps)
>
> if not use_function_versioning
> - # use pre-build objects to build shared lib
> + # then use pre-build objects to build shared lib
> sources = []
> objs += static_lib.extract_all_objects(recursive:
> false)
> else
> diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt index
> 89650b0e9c..da6a7f0302 100644
> --- a/meson_options.txt
> +++ b/meson_options.txt
> @@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ option('max_lcores', type: 'integer', value: 128,
> description: 'maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL')
> option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'integer', value: 4,
> description: 'maximum number of NUMA nodes supported by EAL') -
> option('per_library_versions', type: 'boolean', value: true,
> - description: 'true: each lib gets its own version number, false:
> DPDK version used for each lib')
> option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
> description: 'build unit tests')
> option('use_hpet', type: 'boolean', value: false, diff --git
> a/mk/rte.lib.mk b/mk/rte.lib.mk index 4df8849a08..b49af9192b 100644
> --- a/mk/rte.lib.mk
> +++ b/mk/rte.lib.mk
> @@ -11,20 +11,15 @@ EXTLIB_BUILD ?= n
> # VPATH contains at least SRCDIR
> VPATH += $(SRCDIR)
>
> -ifneq ($(CONFIG_RTE_MAJOR_ABI),)
> -ifneq ($(LIBABIVER),)
> -LIBABIVER := $(CONFIG_RTE_MAJOR_ABI)
> -endif
> +ifneq ($(shell grep -s "^DPDK_" $(SRCDIR)/$(EXPORT_MAP)),) LIBABIVER
> :=
> +$(shell cat $(RTE_SRCDIR)/config/ABI_VERSION) else LIBABIVER := 0
> endif
>
> ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y)
> LIB := $(patsubst %.a,%.so.$(LIBABIVER),$(LIB)) ifeq
> ($(EXTLIB_BUILD),n) -ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_MAJOR_ABI),) -ifeq
> ($(CONFIG_RTE_NEXT_ABI),y) -LIB := $(LIB).1 -endif -endif CPU_LDFLAGS
> += --version-script=$(SRCDIR)/$(EXPORT_MAP)
> endif
> endif
> --
> 2.17.1
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2019-09-30 9:21 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] config: change ABI versioning for global Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/8] buildtools: scripts for updating symbols abi version Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/8] buildtools: add ABI versioning check script Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 10:27 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/8] build: change ABI version to 20.0 Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/8] lib: remove dead code from timer Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/8] lib: remove dead code from lpm Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/8] lib: remove dead code from distributor Marcin Baran
2019-09-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] lib: change function suffix in distributor Marcin Baran
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/10] Implement the new ABI policy and add helper scripts Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 8:50 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/10] " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-06 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-08 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/12] " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 20:17 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-20 22:13 ` David Marchand
2019-11-21 10:22 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-11-21 13:24 ` Kinsella, Ray
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 01/12] config: change ABI versioning to global Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 19:51 ` David Marchand
2019-11-20 22:01 ` David Marchand
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 02/12] config: remove CONFIG_RTE_MAJOR_ABI option Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 03/12] build: remove individual library versions Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 19:35 ` David Marchand
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 04/12] buildtools: add script for updating symbols abi version Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 20:05 ` David Marchand
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 05/12] buildtools: add ABI update shell script Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 06/12] timer: remove deprecated code Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 07/12] lpm: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 08/12] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 09/12] distributor: rename v2.0 ABI to _single suffix Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 10/12] drivers/octeontx: add missing public symbol Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 11/12] build: change ABI version to 20.0 Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-20 20:47 ` David Marchand
2019-11-20 17:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 12/12] buildtools: add ABI versioning check script Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-08 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 01/10] config: change ABI versioning to global Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-19 13:53 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-19 15:48 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-11-20 12:10 ` Kinsella, Ray [this message]
2019-11-20 13:31 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-20 14:10 ` Kinsella, Ray
2019-11-08 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 02/10] buildtools: add script for updating symbols abi version Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-19 14:01 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-19 15:38 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-11-19 16:05 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-08 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 03/10] buildtools: add ABI update shell script Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-19 17:38 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-11-20 11:50 ` Burakov, Anatoly
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2019-11-19 21:43 ` David Marchand
2019-11-08 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 06/10] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-08 16:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 07/10] distributor: rename v2.0 ABI to _single suffix Anatoly Burakov
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2019-11-06 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 03/10] buildtools: add ABI update shell script Anatoly Burakov
2019-11-06 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 04/10] timer: remove deprecated code Anatoly Burakov
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2019-11-06 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 06/10] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
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2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/10] timer: remove deprecated code Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/10] lpm: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/10] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/10] distributor: rename v2.0 ABI to _single suffix Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/10] drivers/octeontx: add missing public symbol Anatoly Burakov
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2019-10-24 9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/10] buildtools: add ABI versioning check script Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/10] config: change ABI versioning to global Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/10] buildtools: add script for updating symbols abi version Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/10] buildtools: add ABI update shell script Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/10] timer: remove deprecated code Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 21:04 ` Carrillo, Erik G
2019-10-21 13:24 ` Kevin Traynor
2019-10-24 9:07 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/10] lpm: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/10] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 15:59 ` Hunt, David
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/10] distributor: rename v2.0 ABI to _single suffix Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 16:00 ` Hunt, David
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/10] drivers/octeontx: add missing public symbol Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/10] build: change ABI version to 20.0 Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 14:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/10] buildtools: add ABI versioning check script Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] config: change ABI versioning to global Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 8:44 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-10-17 10:25 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2019-10-17 14:09 ` Luca Boccassi
2019-10-17 14:12 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-10-18 10:07 ` Kevin Traynor
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] buildtools: add script for updating symbols abi version Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] buildtools: add ABI update shell script Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] timer: remove deprecated code Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] lpm: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-17 10:53 ` Hunt, David
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] drivers/octeontx: add missing public symbol Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] build: change ABI version to 20.0 Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 17:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] buildtools: add ABI versioning check script Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/10] config: change ABI versioning for global Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 13:22 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/10] buildtools: add script for updating symbols abi version Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 13:25 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/10] buildtools: add ABI update shell script Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 13:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/10] timer: remove deprecated code Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/10] lpm: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/10] distributor: " Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/10] lib: change function suffix in distributor Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 13:18 ` Hunt, David
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/10] drivers/octeontx: add missing public symbol Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/10] build: change ABI version to 20.0 Anatoly Burakov
2019-10-16 12:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/10] buildtools: add ABI versioning check script Anatoly Burakov
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