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

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

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

> 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?