[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/vdev_netvsc: fix automatic probing

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/21/2018 5:23 PM, Matan Azrad wrote:
> The vdev_netvsc driver allows an automatic probe in Hyper-V VM systems
> unless it was already specified by the EAL command line.
> 
> The detection of a specified NetVSC device is wrongly done by comparing
> the vdev_netvsc driver name to all the vdev devices names, including
> the suffix device index. Thus, if the user specifies the vdev_netvsc
> device by adding an index to the device name, the comparison fails.
> Consequently, the vdev_netvsc driver may automatically probe NetVSC
> devices, despite the NetVSC device that was specified by the EAL command
> line.
> 
> Compare the vdev_netvsc driver name to the devices names without the
> index.
> 
> Fixes: 56252de779a6 ("net/vdev_netvsc: add automatic probing")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.