From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C97CD6E5D for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2026 02:32:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D5D402DD; Wed, 3 Jun 2026 04:32:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-dy1-f175.google.com (mail-dy1-f175.google.com [74.125.82.175]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABDDB402D3 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2026 04:32:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-dy1-f175.google.com with SMTP id 5a478bee46e88-304e6c6464dso2124416eec.1 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:32:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20251104.gappssmtp.com; s=20251104; t=1780453931; x=1781058731; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:subject:cc :to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2QPultiq0CAB9zru9vejO59cElG9gWUqVTsy4bccby0=; b=SKS6Vq0Iypv0h8XQ+uP/qjuNsddnR56NOUHsLfpJw2/bN20NW51m7T4V8oe9cS/GKR QaYl5n4lX/Cbeq1zTWzPpE9Ibk2agoClA451kYhCR551UPqBSva7pjacBS+7pO/c0dcu ZCxz3GH8Z1rqLXT6y61kDaWsFEgreaLM3CQiWikbqQlkzYUBC0GrFyKEP9w0CL+JhLyH /L/Xl4ow2XLh+rSp/o5bJ7CCIzq1zrat2B6ai9eaL3W4O9ar42IwRHdO/aHcZ4zBwJFc JyGPwTBcNRuGwqfVx+1XXLRIjSTdcjVo8xXXUhc/0ojD5AvVOeHWqRp5FdVPtSj5cOB2 VIIA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1780453931; x=1781058731; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:subject:cc :to:from:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=2QPultiq0CAB9zru9vejO59cElG9gWUqVTsy4bccby0=; b=EcQdBe5+NEtTzfAuUAJ6L6badPzlGP8vC1leHnMzd78OgDll5jDnGH8gQg3c/VAcR3 +PgXGPUdbY723anmCxgIxR1RouZVX7PpkAvFBs/xtgROmY5saGmJlibt7lLxHwMA9y14 xdGPPvV0kQNYEjpF+pvqFtgOase21kPAGZU84iZysoLgFEp7Ig8ctX+xu7UiVeTMYzf2 fRZIEWvIxEqR5+BgFyVZzkGhQPb7eN9vvqKsmkzQXEKJt4c/9MCIcQ6mw2r7sJYQVy6j vRjJbbA8r7ifJc/E3eBwPoqWM16s0GxxwEwcMjnwsZYsD1tvo0e4n+conzRE30ZVlOwk iFtQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwetmLzXgc3A8ae3IjVGSnWVEs9T2RZ+x+u5rbRBUNqMKfnJ5Zr tP+eeGnPcxsauFj82uDxgLzyFG+eEnSFGocnUCH5ZZrJPF70qv/abD+em4LwgNtrWdD4nUis97g NCXAd X-Gm-Gg: Acq92OG0vTxcP2RpIKPGD+IiiSEL8zwBnQ+l5kHeTJIxPgoRvqflmC/w06seXJgSqMJ 18mANq+PzYK8fBHSwaCLGUfbb5PI3HLvsXMxSrnOCbO0wS72bpAjXaB+0m5Gsa0cGJfcJMJ9NBv EDEcPFJ1+8vbPSdpNeQitADhKnRAX9byTDyNIjzAKwVoaFrb2QKkyhTFegDroFDv5NvKEZHof+y xT9IHt56U1vk+fAitzFoDRC9uNtWcVePIRYiVskVLPpz2g5hCUOv7vbgXDGlGme/YwPiDrV2hw4 d74n4dYi/Ltkd77OzVtlFN+85x0MKYP21c/mCeBKJQldB8aUQyDFsWOAPeWRN5QIC8yJxkiNnEm 96FD+MDZOmha+oq+oAemZCGP+Um/qH88bpLnD0+mf2DQUQQHx3OLnfYkZaX3V8mSldiKSBSAno2 GkXcqOXd+VQO7pwsrbBcVtMKaIYOkR0FAAMAV23RYzWjLv31xkWoMX02pN7XuQy3s+3TbCkKdx X-Received: by 2002:a05:7300:ca8:b0:304:dfae:68a with SMTP id 5a478bee46e88-3074fbd4663mr761219eec.28.1780453930596; Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:32:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.lan (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5a478bee46e88-3074db85e10sm1182482eec.7.2026.06.02.19.32.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:32:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger Subject: [PATCH] doc: add deprecation notice about upcoming change to ethdev API Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 19:32:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20260603023207.31974-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Inform users that rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port() will add a size parameter in next release. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 17f90a6352..d390a1640a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -158,3 +158,7 @@ Deprecation Notices * net/iavf: The dynamic mbuf field used to detect LLDP packets on the transmit path in the iavf PMD will be removed in a future release. After removal, only packet type-based detection will be supported. + +* ethdev: Starting in 26.11, the function ``rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port()`` + will take a size parameter as well as the string buffer. + This will detect and prevent accidental overwriting of caller provided buffer. -- 2.53.0