[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: reduce interface name size

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/15/2019 12:30 PM, Igor Ryzhov wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Isn't it better to set it to IFNAMSIZ instead of 16?

I was thinking same, but "linux/if.h" included only for kernel, so instead of
introducing new dependency in user side, perhaps better to keep it as hardcoded
value.

> 
> Best regards,
> Igot
> 
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 2:41 PM Michael Pfeiffer <michael.pfeiffer at tu-ilmenau.de
> <mailto:michael.pfeiffer at tu-ilmenau.de>> wrote:
> 
>     The name in rte_kni_device_info is passed to the kernel, which allows
>     interface names with at most 16 bytes (IFNAMSIZ). rte_kni_alloc with a
>     longer name currently trigger a kernel BUG in alloc_netdev_mqs in
>     net/core/dev.c. Reduce RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE to prevent this situation.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Michael Pfeiffer <michael.pfeiffer at tu-ilmenau.de
>     <mailto:michael.pfeiffer at tu-ilmenau.de>>
>     ---
>      lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h | 2 +-
>      1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
>     diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h
>     b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h
>     index 46f75a710..59339271b 100644
>     --- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h
>     +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include/rte_kni_common.h
>     @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
>      /**
>       * KNI name is part of memzone name.
>       */
>     -#define RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE 32
>     +#define RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE 16
> 
>      #define RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE 64
> 
>     -- 
>     2.20.1
>