[RFC] net/ice: add devargs to control link update

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:20:43 +0000
Mingjin Ye <mingjinx.ye at intel.com> wrote:

> +static int
> +ice_parse_clean_subtask_period(__rte_unused const char *key,
> +		const char *value, void *args)
> +{
> +	int *num = (int *)args;
Cast of void * unnecessary in C.
You probably want period to be unsigned not signed.

> +	int tmp;
> +
> +	errno = 0;
> +	tmp = atoi(value);
> +	if (tmp < 0) {
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "%s: \"%s\" is not greater than or equal to zero",
> +						key, value);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	*num = tmp;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

Prefer strtoul() when parsing values, it allows for better error handling.