[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: fix positive error codes from probe/remove

[David Marchand]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 11:03 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
wrote:

> 07/06/2019 10:32, David Marchand:
> > On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 12:03 PM Ilya Maximets <i.maximets at samsung.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > According to API, 'rte_dev_probe()' and 'rte_dev_remove()' must
> > > return 0 or negative error code. Bus code returns positive values
> > > if device wasn't recognized by any driver, so the result of
> > > 'bus->plug/unplug()' must be converted. 'local_dev_probe()' and
> > > 'local_dev_remove()' also has their internal API, so the conversion
> > > should be done there.
> > >
> > > Positive on remove means that device not found by driver.
> > >
> >
> > For backports, it is safer to add the check on > 0.
> > The patch looks good to me.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
>
> I did not get your comment. Is it OK to get this v2?
> What do you mean about backports?
>
>
Yes this v2 is ok.
I wanted to dissociate from my other comments which would not be part of
the fix for stable.


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David Marchand