[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/linux: fix negative value for undetermined numa_node

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Mon Aug 3 19:19:46 CEST 2015


2015-08-02 22:04, Matthew Hall:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 09:46:54AM +0800, Liang, Cunming wrote:
> > According to the API definition, if the socket could not be determined, a
> > default of zero will take.
> > The '-1' is returned when the port_id value is out of range.
> 
> Yes, but when I asked the exact same question and was told the documentation 
> was wrong not the -1 return value.

It was an error.
The correct API, as defined, is to return 0 when there is no NUMA.
This patch now reverts this one:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=a4ff75496a18
Thanks Matthew for helping to clarify it.

> Sure, if nobody objects like the last time I asked. But this will change the 
> user behavior as I am looking for the -1 now.

You're right. But this fix follows the defined API, so it's rather an API fix
than an API break.

Applied, thanks


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