[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: return diagnostic when setting MAC address

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Tue Apr 3 18:26:16 CEST 2018


On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 04:57:24PM +0200, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 02:41:03PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> > Change the prototype and the behavior of dev_ops->eth_mac_addr_set(): a
> > return code is added to notify the caller (librte_ether) if an error
> > occurred in the PMD.
> > 
> > The new default MAC address is now copied in dev->data->mac_addrs[0]
> > only if the operation is successful.
> > 
> > The patch also updates all the PMDs accordingly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at oktetlabs.ru>
> > ---
> > 
> > v2:
> > * add same change for net/cxgbe
> > * mrvl was renamed as mvpp2
> > * mvpp2: return success if no ppio as suggested by Tomasz
> > * mlx5: update comment as suggested by Adrien
> > * sfc: replace by Ivan's patch
> 
> Just one remaining nit regarding mlx5, please see below. Otherwise for both
> mlx4 and mlx5:
> 
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>
> 
> <snip>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
> > index 01c7ba17a..3bf76e38c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c
> > @@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ mlx5_mac_addr_add(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct ether_addr *mac,
> >   *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
> >   * @param mac_addr
> >   *   MAC address to register.
> > + *
> > + * @return
> > + *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
> >   */
> > -void
> > +int
> >  mlx5_mac_addr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct ether_addr *mac_addr)
> >  {
> >  	int ret;
> > @@ -137,4 +140,6 @@ mlx5_mac_addr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct ether_addr *mac_addr)
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u cannot set mac address: %s",
> >  			dev->data->port_id, strerror(rte_errno));
> > +
> 
> This empty line is unnecessary (this follows the work done to remove
> non-mandatory empty lines sprinkled everywhere in these PMDs for coding
> style consistency).

Will fix in next version, thanks.

Olivier


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