Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] test: proceed if timer subsystem was initialized

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

06/04/2021 17:31, Stanisław Kardach:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for the review.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 5:24 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > 26/03/2021 11:47, Michal Krawczyk:
> > > From: Stanislaw Kardach <kda@semihalf.com>
> > >
> > > rte_timer_subsystem_init() may return -EALREADY if the timer subsystem
> > > was already initialized. This can happen i.e. in PMD code (see
> > > eth_ena_dev_init). This is not an error, rather a notification as the
> > > initialization function simply returns without any action taken.
> >
> > Missing these lines:
> >
> > Fixes: 50247fe03fe0 ("test/timer: exercise new APIs in secondary process")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Will add in V2.
> 
> >
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Kardach <kda@semihalf.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Michal Krawczyk <mk@semihalf.com>
> > > ---
> > >  app/test/test.c | 11 ++++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/app/test/test.c b/app/test/test.c
> > > index 624dd48042..864523ed61 100644
> > > --- a/app/test/test.c
> > > +++ b/app/test/test.c
> > > @@ -134,8 +134,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> > >               goto out;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > +     argv += ret;
> > > +
> > > +     prgname = argv[0];
> > > +
> > >  #ifdef RTE_LIB_TIMER
> > > -     if (rte_timer_subsystem_init() < 0) {
> > > +     ret = rte_timer_subsystem_init();
> > > +     if (ret < 0 && ret != -EALREADY) {
> > >               ret = -1;
> > >               goto out;
> > >       }
> > > @@ -146,10 +151,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> > >               goto out;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > -     argv += ret;
> > > -
> > > -     prgname = argv[0];
> > > -
> >
> > How this change for argv/prgname is related to the fix?
> >
> This patch saves the return value of  rte_timer_subsystem_init() in ret
> which overwrites the previous ret that held the number of arguments
> consumed by rte_eal_init(). Similarly because rte_eal_init() reshuffles
> argv, the prgname is effectively at argv[ret]. So I need to move this logic
> before the timer subsystem check.

OK I didn't see the consequence on ret variable.
In this case I can merge with the added lines.
No need of v2.