From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Rasesh Mody <rmody@marvell.com>,
Shahed Shaikh <shshaikh@marvell.com>,
Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ivan Ilchenko <Ivan.Ilchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode functions to return status
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:37:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0612eb15-b72b-6d15-3328-0b5cd319c230@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1568030331-16526-1-git-send-email-arybchenko@solarflare.com>
On 9/9/2019 12:58 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> It is the second patch series to get rid of void returning functions
> in ethdev in accordance with deprecation notice [1].
>
> It should be applied on top of the first one [2].
> It could be applied separately, but few simple conflicts should
> be resolved.
>
> Functions which return void are bad since they do not provide explicit
> information to the caller if everything is OK or not.
> It is especially painful in the case of promiscuous mode since it is
> not always supported, there are real cases when it fails to apply and
> it affects traffic which is received by the port.
>
> Driver maintainrs are encouraged to review the patch which changes
> driver callbacks prototype. Changes are not always trivial when I tried
> to provide real status of the operation. I used -EAGAIN when I failed
> to choose better error code.
>
> The following two drivers ignore status of internal functions and
> definitely could be improved:
>
> net/bnx2x: bnx2x_set_rx_mode() can report failure, but it is used in
> other places and should be updated carefully.
>
> net/igbvf: e1000_promisc_set_vf() provides return status, but it is
> unclear how handle it properly.
>
> [1] https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/56969/
> [2] https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=6279
>
> v2:
> - minor style fix in app/testpmd
> - use fs_err() in net/failsafe in accordance with review from Gaetan
> - fix net/mvpp2 build
> - use eth_err() in ethdev
>
> Andrew Rybchenko (2):
> ethdev: change promiscuous callbacks to return status
> ethdev: do nothing if promiscuous mode is applied again
>
> Ivan Ilchenko (11):
> ethdev: change promiscuous mode controllers to return errors
> net/failsafe: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> net/bonding: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> app/pipeline: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> app/testpmd: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> app/eventdev: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> app/pdump: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> app/test: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> kni: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> test/bonding: check code of promiscuous mode switch
> examples: take promiscuous mode switch result into account
I would like to get these API changes as early as possible, way before rc1 so
that there can be time to fix trivial issues, also before other driver patches
to prevent conflicts and new versions in these big patches.
Please help on reviewing your bits in these sets [1] so we can close them early.
[1]
* ethdev: change promiscuous mode functions to return status [This set]
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=6334
* ethdev: change allmulticast controls to return status
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=6335
* ethdev: change xstats reset function return value to int
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=6308
* ethdev: change link status get functions return value to int
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=6350
* ethdev: change MAC addr get function return value to int
https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=6355
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-13 16:37 UTC|newest]
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2019-09-05 16:10 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode controllers to return errors Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/13] net/failsafe: check code of promiscuous mode switch Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:25 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-09-05 16:32 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:36 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-09-05 16:38 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-06 9:24 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-09-06 10:08 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-09-05 16:49 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 17:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/13] net/bonding: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/13] ethdev: change promiscuous callbacks to return status Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/13] ethdev: do nothing if promiscuous mode is applied again Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/13] app/pipeline: check code of promiscuous mode switch Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/13] app/testpmd: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/13] app/eventdev: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/13] app/pdump: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/13] app/test: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/13] kni: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/13] test/bonding: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-05 16:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/13] examples: take promiscuous mode switch result into account Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode functions to return status Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode controllers to return errors Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-13 15:35 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/13] net/failsafe: check code of promiscuous mode switch Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 12:48 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/13] net/bonding: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/13] ethdev: change promiscuous callbacks to return status Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-10 7:53 ` Matan Azrad
2019-09-13 21:05 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-11 8:46 ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2019-09-13 21:06 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-16 6:48 ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2019-09-13 15:34 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 15:54 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-13 16:33 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 15:39 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 16:05 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-13 16:34 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 19:57 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-16 13:22 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-16 15:45 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-16 15:58 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 16:43 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 20:33 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-13 16:56 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 20:38 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/13] ethdev: do nothing if promiscuous mode is applied again Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/13] app/pipeline: check code of promiscuous mode switch Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/13] app/testpmd: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/13] app/eventdev: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/13] app/pdump: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/13] app/test: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/13] kni: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/13] test/bonding: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-09 11:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/13] examples: take promiscuous mode switch result into account Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-13 16:40 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-13 18:30 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-13 16:37 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode functions to return status Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode controllers to return errors Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/13] net/failsafe: check code of promiscuous mode switch Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/13] net/bonding: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/13] ethdev: change promiscuous callbacks to return status Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/13] ethdev: do nothing if promiscuous mode is applied again Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/13] app/pipeline: check code of promiscuous mode switch Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/13] app/testpmd: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-16 13:18 ` Iremonger, Bernard
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/13] app/eventdev: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/13] app/pdump: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/13] app/test: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/13] kni: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/13] test/bonding: " Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-14 11:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 13/13] examples: take promiscuous mode switch result into account Andrew Rybchenko
2019-09-24 7:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/13] ethdev: change promiscuous mode functions to return status Ferruh Yigit
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