[PATCH 06/12] net/pcap: remove global variables

Marat Khalili marat.khalili at huawei.com
Wed Jan 7 10:48:09 CET 2026


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Tuesday 6 January 2026 18:27
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [PATCH 06/12] net/pcap: remove global variables
> 
> Localize variables where possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c
> index 905ca62bd4..1658685a28 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c
> @@ -39,11 +39,9 @@
> 
>  #define RTE_PMD_PCAP_MAX_QUEUES 16
> 
> -static char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
>  static struct timespec start_time;
>  static uint64_t start_cycles;
>  static uint64_t hz;
> -static uint8_t iface_idx;
> 
>  static uint64_t timestamp_rx_dynflag;
>  static int timestamp_dynfield_offset = -1;
> @@ -526,6 +524,8 @@ eth_pcap_tx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
>  static inline int
>  open_iface_live(const char *iface, pcap_t **pcap)
>  {
> +	char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
> +
>  	pcap_t *pc = pcap_create(iface, errbuf);
>  	if (pc == NULL) {
>  		PMD_LOG(ERR, "Couldn't create %s: %s", iface, errbuf);
> @@ -621,6 +621,8 @@ open_single_tx_pcap(const char *pcap_filename, pcap_dumper_t **dumper)
>  static int
>  open_single_rx_pcap(const char *pcap_filename, pcap_t **pcap)
>  {
> +	char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
> +
>  	*pcap = pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision(pcap_filename,
>  							PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO, errbuf);
>  	if (*pcap == NULL) {
> @@ -1314,11 +1316,13 @@ pmd_init_internals(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
>  	 * - and point eth_dev structure to new eth_dev_data structure
>  	 */
>  	*internals = (*eth_dev)->data->dev_private;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Interface MAC = 02:70:63:61:70:<iface_idx>
>  	 * derived from: 'locally administered':'p':'c':'a':'p':'iface_idx'
>  	 * where the middle 4 characters are converted to hex.
>  	 */
> +	static uint8_t iface_idx;
>  	(*internals)->eth_addr = (struct rte_ether_addr) {
>  		.addr_bytes = { 0x02, 0x70, 0x63, 0x61, 0x70, iface_idx++ }
>  	};
> --
> 2.51.0

Acked-by: Marat Khalili <marat.khalili at huawei.com>


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