[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: increase port_id range

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> On 8/9/2017 9:42 AM, Zhiyong Yang wrote:
>> Extend port_id definition from uint8_t to uint16_t in lib
>> ethdev data structures, specifically rte_eth_dev_data and
>> modify the APIs using port_id at the same time.

If we have not already decided, we need to apply this patch very soon to hammer out all of the bugs before the next release.

>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Zhiyong Yang <zhiyong.yang at intel.com>
>> ---
>> app/pdump/main.c                           |   2 +-
>> app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                     |   4 +-
>> app/test-pmd/testpmd.c                     |   4 +-
>> app/test-pmd/testpmd.h                     |   2 +-
> 
>> drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond.h         |  40 ++---
>> drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c  |   6 +-
>> drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_api.c     |  54 +++----
>> drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c     |  10 +-
>> drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_private.h |  36 ++---
>> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ether.c      |   4 +-
>> drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_private.h    |   4 +-
>> drivers/net/ring/rte_eth_ring.c            |   2 +-
> 
> I would expect more drivers would be effected from this, almost all.
> 
> Most PMDs stores the dev->data->port_in in their private data and use
> this value while updating mbuf field, those local storage also should be
> updated to u16 to prevent data loss.
> 
> Can you please double check drivers, specially data->port_id usages?
> I quickly checked null and pcap for example, both needs to be updated.
> 
> Also PMDs with PMD specific API are getting port_id as parameter, so
> they should be updated too.
> 
> And I am getting build error for ixgbe and i40e for log type format, -
> via clang.
> 
> Thanks,
> ferruh
> 
>> lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c              | 231 ++++++++++++++--------------
>> lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h              | 236 ++++++++++++++---------------
>> lib/librte_ether/rte_tm.c                  |  62 ++++----
>> lib/librte_ether/rte_tm.h                  |  60 ++++----
>> lib/librte_ether/rte_tm_driver.h           |   2 +-
>> lib/librte_latencystats/rte_latencystats.c |   8 +-
>> lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c               |  16 +-
>> lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.h               |   4 +-
>> lib/librte_port/rte_port_ethdev.c          |   6 +-
>> lib/librte_port/rte_port_ethdev.h          |   6 +-
>> 22 files changed, 404 insertions(+), 395 deletions(-)
> 
> <...>

Regards,
Keith