[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] app/proc-info: provide way to request info on owned ports

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 03 May 2022 10:47:58 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> 24/04/2022 07:34, Subendu Santra:
> > Hi Stephen,
> > 
> > We were going through the patch set: https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20200715212228.28010-7-stephen@networkplumber.org/ and hoping to get clarification on the behaviour if post mask is not specified in the input to `dpdk-proc-info` tool.
> > 
> > Specifically, In PATCH v3 6/7, we see this:
> > +	/* If no port mask was specified, one will be provided */
> > +	if (enabled_port_mask == 0) {
> > +		RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(i) {
> > +			enabled_port_mask |= 1u << i;
> > 
> > However, in PATCH v4 8/8, we see this:
> > +	/* If no port mask was specified, then show non-owned ports */
> > +	if (enabled_port_mask == 0) {
> > +		RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(i)
> > +			enabled_port_mask = 1ul << i;
> > +	}
> > 
> > Was there any specific reason to show just the last non-owned port in case the port mask was not specified?
> > Should we show all non-owned ports in case the user doesn’t specify any port mask?  
> 
> It looks like a bug. It should be |=
> Feel free to send a fix.
> 
> 

Agree. Thats a bug.

It would be good to have a "show all ports" flag to proc-info.
To show all ports including owned.