[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] net/txgbe: remove port representor

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/25/2021 9:03 AM, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> Remove port representor in device probe process.
> 

It can be good to highlight that is because port representor is not supported by
the driver.

> Signed-off-by: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu at trustnetic.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c | 21 ++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
> index 87c041c2ec..afb25fb8a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
> @@ -930,32 +930,15 @@ static int
>  eth_txgbe_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
>  		struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
>  {
> -	struct rte_eth_dev *pf_ethdev;
> -	struct rte_eth_devargs eth_da;
>  	int retval;
>  
> -	if (pci_dev->device.devargs) {
> -		retval = rte_eth_devargs_parse(pci_dev->device.devargs->args,
> -				&eth_da);
> -		if (retval)
> -			return retval;
> -	} else {
> -		memset(&eth_da, 0, sizeof(eth_da));
> -	}
> -
>  	retval = rte_eth_dev_create(&pci_dev->device, pci_dev->device.name,
>  			sizeof(struct txgbe_adapter),
>  			eth_dev_pci_specific_init, pci_dev,
>  			eth_txgbe_dev_init, NULL);
>  
> -	if (retval || eth_da.nb_representor_ports < 1)
> +	if (retval)
>  		return retval;
> -	if (eth_da.type != RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_VF)
> -		return -ENOTSUP;
> -
> -	pf_ethdev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(pci_dev->device.name);
> -	if (pf_ethdev == NULL)
> -		return -ENODEV;
>  

After patch it becomes:

if (retval)
	return retval;
return 0;

Why not just "return retval"? Or even can eliminate the 'retval' variable.


>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -966,7 +949,7 @@ static int eth_txgbe_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
>  
>  	ethdev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(pci_dev->device.name);
>  	if (!ethdev)
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		return 0;
>  
>  	return rte_eth_dev_destroy(ethdev, eth_txgbe_dev_uninit);
>  }
>