[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kvargs: fix processing a null list

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Wed Oct 24 11:34:36 CEST 2018


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 06:24:54PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> In the doxygen description of rte_kvargs_process(), it is said:
> 	If *kvlist* is NULL function does nothing.
> It has been added by mistake here instead of rte_kvargs_free().
> Anyway, null list should be correctly handled in both functions.
> 
> Comments are fixed in both functions and NULL handling is added
> to rte_kvargs_process().
> 
> Fixes: c34af7424e09 ("kvargs: fix freeing behaviour for null")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>

> @@ -119,11 +119,10 @@ void rte_kvargs_free(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist);
>   *
>   * For each key/value association that matches the given key, calls the
>   * handler function with the for a given arg_name passing the value on the
> - * dictionary for that key and a given extra argument. If *kvlist* is NULL
> - * function does nothing.
> + * dictionary for that key and a given extra argument.

It looks the rest of the api documentation is perfectible :)
I'll send a fix in another patch.

Thanks,
Olivier


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