Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix querying DPDK version at runtime

05/02/2021 20:39, Bruce Richardson:

For using a DPDK application, such as OVS, which is dynamically linked, the
DPDK version in use should always report the actual version, not the
version used at build time. This incorrect behaviour can be seen by
building OVS against one version of DPDK and running it against a later
one. Using "ovs-vsctl list Open_vSwitch" to query basic info, the
dpdk_version returned will be the build version not the currently running
one - which can be verified using the DPDK telemetry library client.

  $ sudo ovs-vsctl list Open_vSwitch | grep dpdk_version
  dpdk_version        : "DPDK 20.11.0-rc4"

  $ echo quit | sudo dpdk-telemetry.py
  Connecting to /var/run/dpdk/rte/dpdk_telemetry.v2
  {"version": "DPDK 21.02.0-rc2", "pid": 405659, "max_output_len": 16384}

Nice demonstration.

 __rte_experimental
 int
-rte_telemetry_init(const char *runtime_dir, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset,
+rte_telemetry_init(const char *runtime_dir, const char *rte_version, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset,
 		const char **err_str);

It is changing the API.
As it is experimental, you just need to mention it in the release notes.

It is the fix. Do you think it should be merged quickly?
Or wait for 21.05?