[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: clarify subsystem_init return value

Michal Krawczyk mk at semihalf.com
Fri Mar 26 11:47:58 CET 2021


From: Stanislaw Kardach <kda at semihalf.com>

rte_timer_subsystem_init() may return -EALREADY if it has been already
initialized. Therefore put explicitly into doxygen that this is not a
failure for the application.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Kardach <kda at semihalf.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Krawczyk <mk at semihalf.com>
---
 lib/librte_timer/rte_timer.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_timer/rte_timer.h b/lib/librte_timer/rte_timer.h
index 22a27aa08d..0f820555c0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_timer/rte_timer.h
+++ b/lib/librte_timer/rte_timer.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ int rte_timer_data_dealloc(uint32_t id);
  *   - 0: Success
  *   - -ENOMEM: Unable to allocate memory needed to initialize timer
  *      subsystem
+ *   - -EALREADY: timer subsystem was already initialized. Not an error.
  */
 int rte_timer_subsystem_init(void);
 
-- 
2.25.1



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