| Message ID | 20181101232522.702-5-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | hash: deprecate lock ellision and read/write concurreny flags | expand |
On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 06:25:22PM -0500, Honnappa Nagarahalli wrote: > RTE_HASH_EXTRA_FLAGS_RW_CONCURRENCY and > RTE_HASH_EXTRA_FLAGS_TRANS_MEM_SUPPORT configuration flags are > deprecated. Reader/Writer concurrency is provided by default. > Transactional memory will be used if the platform supports it. > > Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> > Reviewed-by: Dharmik Thakkar <dharmik.thakkar@arm.com> > Reviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin.hu@arm.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index 34b28234c..d34cca260 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -55,3 +55,8 @@ Deprecation Notices > - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; > - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; > - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. > + > +* hash: The configuration flags RTE_HASH_EXTRA_FLAGS_RW_CONCURRENCY and > + RTE_HASH_EXTRA_FLAGS_TRANS_MEM_SUPPORT will be removed in v19.02. > + Reader/writer concurrency will be supported by default. The library will > + use transactional memory if the platform supports it. > -- I think we need more documentation than this. The programmers guide also needs an update (probably in patch 2) to record the changes in the flags used on hash create. /Bruce
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 34b28234c..d34cca260 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -55,3 +55,8 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. + +* hash: The configuration flags RTE_HASH_EXTRA_FLAGS_RW_CONCURRENCY and + RTE_HASH_EXTRA_FLAGS_TRANS_MEM_SUPPORT will be removed in v19.02. + Reader/writer concurrency will be supported by default. The library will + use transactional memory if the platform supports it.