[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] bus/vdev: add warning for duplicated vdev name

[Thomas Monjalon]

29/11/2018 08:16, Yahui Cao:
> If duplicated vdev name is detected, print out a warning message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yahui Cao <yahui.cao at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
> index 9c66bdc78..ff2db7d3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
> @@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ vdev_scan(void)
>  		if (find_vdev(devargs->name)) {
>  			rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(&vdev_device_list_lock);
>  			free(dev);
> +			VDEV_LOG(WARNING, "duplicated vdev name %s detected!",
> +				devargs->name);
>  			continue;
>  		}

I'm surprised there is nothing to prevent from creating 2 vdevs
with the same name. It should be considered as an error
and reject the vdev creation.