Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/bnxt: fix variable size of port id

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

06/08/2020 04:03, Xia, Chenbo:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 04/08/2020 19:41, Chenbo Xia:
> > > Currenly the variable size of ethdev port id is 8 bits. This
> > > patch standarizes it to 16 bits.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 769de16872ab ("net/bnxt: fix port default rule create/destroy")
> > > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Yinan Wang <yinan.wang@intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_def_rules.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_def_rules.c
> > b/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_def_rules.c
> > > index 9fb1a028f..ff5aed3d7 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_def_rules.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_def_rules.c
> > > @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void
> > >  bnxt_ulp_destroy_df_rules(struct bnxt *bp, bool global)
> > >  {
> > >  	struct bnxt_ulp_df_rule_info *info;
> > > -	uint8_t port_id;
> > > +	uint16_t port_id;
> > 
> > There are more occurences in bnxt, introduced by the same patch.
> > 
> > In general, in other drivers, it would be good to make this clean-up.
> 
> Sure, I could do the clean-up. Btw, only net drivers, right?

ethdev drivers and applications referencing a port id should
use uint16_t, yes.