[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: decrease log level for successful API

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 02.08.2018 15:33, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> Change log level of messages from ERR back to DEBUG where
> existing API indicates that the condition is a success.
>
> This means applications using the API in its current form will
> not get new ERR logs.
>
> Fixes: bea1e0c70cfc ("ethdev: convert static log type usage to dynamic")
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> ---
>   lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 12 ++++++------
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> index c7ab157..16656d2 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> @@ -797,5 +797,5 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
>   
>   	if (dev->data->rx_queue_state[rx_queue_id] != RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED) {
> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
>   			"Queue %"PRIu16" of device with port_id=%"PRIu16" already started\n",
>   			rx_queue_id, port_id);
> @@ -824,5 +824,5 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
>   
>   	if (dev->data->rx_queue_state[rx_queue_id] == RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED) {
> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
>   			"Queue %"PRIu16" of device with port_id=%"PRIu16" already stopped\n",
>   			rx_queue_id, port_id);
> @@ -857,5 +857,5 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
>   
>   	if (dev->data->tx_queue_state[tx_queue_id] != RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED) {
> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
>   			"Queue %"PRIu16" of device with port_id=%"PRIu16" already started\n",
>   			tx_queue_id, port_id);
> @@ -882,5 +882,5 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
>   
>   	if (dev->data->tx_queue_state[tx_queue_id] == RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED) {
> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
>   			"Queue %"PRIu16" of device with port_id=%"PRIu16" already stopped\n",
>   			tx_queue_id, port_id);
> @@ -1287,5 +1287,5 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
>   
>   	if (dev->data->dev_started != 0) {
> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
>   			"Device with port_id=%"PRIu16" already started\n",
>   			port_id);
> @@ -1319,5 +1319,5 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
>   
>   	if (dev->data->dev_started == 0) {
> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
>   			"Device with port_id=%"PRIu16" already stopped\n",
>   			port_id);

I would suggest to use WARNING here. Yes, it is not an error since 
nothing bad has
happened and we handle duplicate stop and duplicate start,
but I think it is bad that (buggy?) application does it. Making it debug 
we simply
hide it too much.