[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: update uninitialized member when set fwd mode

[Wisam Monther]

Hi Lijun,


>-----Original Message-----
>From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Lijun Ou
>Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 4:25 PM
>To: dev at dpdk.org; ferruh.yigit at intel.com
>Cc: linuxarm at huawei.com
>Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: update uninitialized member
>when set fwd mode

The member is actually initialized before so I think the title somehow misleading,
What about: "fix missing set for current forward engine" 

>
>When set the forwarding mode of the pkt, it needs to update the fwd_eng
>that it is the member of cur_fwd_config. Otherwise, an error will occur when
>executing the set command and show confg fwd.
>the flows as follows:
>   1. ./tespmd -w xxx -l xx -n 4 -- i
>   2. set fwd mac
>      testpmd> set fwd mac
>      Set mac packet forwarding mode
>
>   3. show config fwd
>      testpmd> show config fwd
>      io packet forwarding - ports=1 - cores=1 - streams=8 -...
>      Logical Core 1 (socket 0) forwards packets on 8 streams:
>
>When run the 1 ~ 3 step, it should show the packet forwarding is mac.

I think this should be consider as a fix, and you need to add the fixed commit and cc
It's auther

>
>Signed-off-by: Lijun Ou <oulijun at huawei.com>
>---
> app/test-pmd/config.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>diff --git a/app/test-pmd/config.c b/app/test-pmd/config.c index
>a7112c9..ee0e904 100644
>--- a/app/test-pmd/config.c
>+++ b/app/test-pmd/config.c
>@@ -3158,6 +3158,7 @@ set_pkt_forwarding_mode(const char
>*fwd_mode_name)
> 			       fwd_mode_name,
> 			       retry_enabled == 0 ? "" : " with retry");
> 			cur_fwd_eng = fwd_eng;
>+			cur_fwd_config.fwd_eng = fwd_eng;
> 			return;
> 		}
> 		i++;
>--
>2.7.4