[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/13] ethdev: add more annotation

Helin Zhang helin.zhang at intel.com
Thu Sep 25 10:40:17 CEST 2014


Add more annotation, to clearly tell the 'rte_eth_dev_info_get()'
users that the buffer should be cleared first.

v2 changes:
Add more annotation for 'rte_eth_dev_info_get()'.

Signed-off-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jijiang Liu <jijiang.liu at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Cunming Liang <cunming.liang at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index 60b24c5..2c5ab13 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -2120,7 +2120,8 @@ extern void rte_eth_macaddr_get(uint8_t port_id, struct ether_addr *mac_addr);
  *   The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
  * @param dev_info
  *   A pointer to a structure of type *rte_eth_dev_info* to be filled with
- *   the contextual information of the Ethernet device.
+ *   the contextual information of the Ethernet device. The buffer should
+ *   be cleared first, as it might not fill all fields.
  */
 extern void rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint8_t port_id,
 				 struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
-- 
1.8.1.4



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