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From: "Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stephen@networkplumber.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:52:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5a7b8741-da7f-7322-e57f-59d00d7bcde2@ericsson.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190422113420.GA22056@hmswarspite.think-freely.org>

On 2019-04-22 13:34, Neil Horman wrote:

>> +uint64_t __rte_experimental
>> +rte_rand(void)
> Do you really want to mark this as experimental?  I know it will trigger the
> symbol checker with a warning if you don't, but this function already existed
> previously and was accepted as part of the ABI.  Given that the prototype hasn't
> changed, I think you just need to accept it as a non-experimental function
> 

I'll remove the experimental tag and move it into the 19_05 section 
(without suggesting it should go into 19.05). That maneuver seems not to 
trigger any build warnings/errors.

It's been a part of the API since forever, but it was never a part of 
the ABI.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-22 15:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-05 13:45 [dpdk-dev] [RFC] eal: make rte_rand() MT safe Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 13:51 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 14:28   ` Bruce Richardson
2019-04-05 14:56     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 16:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-05 18:04   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-05 20:50     ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-06  5:52       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30       ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/3] Replace lrand48-based rte_rand with LFSR generator Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/3] Add 32-bit version of rte_rand Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:30         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/3] Introduce random generator functions with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-08 12:47         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/3] Replace lrand48-based rte_rand with LFSR generator Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 0/2] Pseudo-number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 11:34             ` Neil Horman
2019-04-22 14:49               ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-22 15:52               ` Mattias Rönnblom [this message]
2019-04-22 17:44                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-23 11:33                   ` Neil Horman
2019-04-23 17:13                     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 11:37                       ` Neil Horman
2019-04-23 15:31                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-04-23 17:17                     ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24  7:52                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                         ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v3 0/2] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-24 12:33                           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v3 1/2] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-08 20:12                             ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-08 20:30                               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-09  1:10                                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-14  9:20                                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:32                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14 14:16                                       ` Neil Horman
2019-05-14 14:53                                         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-17 19:27                                           ` Neil Horman
2019-05-17 20:57                                             ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-17 21:10                                             ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-19 18:32                                               ` Neil Horman
2019-05-14 15:27                                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:36                                       ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:39                                         ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-14 11:58                                           ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:37                                       ` Bruce Richardson
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-14  9:20                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation to MAINTAINERS Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 17:55                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] eal: add PRNG to MAINTAINERS and release notes Mattias Rönnblom
2019-05-16 20:35                                       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Bruce Richardson
2019-06-05 10:43                                         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-27 21:23                                             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-06-28  8:20                                               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:43                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-05 10:44                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] eal: add PRNG to MAINTAINERS and release notes Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-27 21:27                                             ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-06-28  8:17                                               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-15 12:23                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] " Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/5] eal: replace libc-based random number generation with LFSR Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/5] eal: add pseudo-random number generation performance test Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/5] eal: improve entropy for initial PRNG seed Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28 19:01                                               ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-06-28 20:58                                                 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28 21:08                                                   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: use 32-bit RDSEED to allow 32-bit x86 usage Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-29 12:54                                                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/5] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28  9:01                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/5] eal: add bounded PRNG performance tests Mattias Rönnblom
2019-06-28 13:24                                             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] Pseudo-random number generation improvements Thomas Monjalon
2019-04-24 12:33                           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v3 2/2] eal: introduce random generator function with upper bound Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-19 21:21           ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 " Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-20 21:08             ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-21 19:05               ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22  4:33                 ` Wiles, Keith
2019-04-22  7:07                   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2019-04-22 13:19                     ` Wiles, Keith

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