Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/virtio-user: fix return value of tap offload sets not checked

[wangyunjian <wangyunjian@huawei.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tiwei Bie [mailto:tiwei.bie@intel.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 10:16 AM
> To: wangyunjian <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; zhihong.wang@intel.com;
> xudingke <xudingke@huawei.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/virtio-user: fix return value of tap offload
> sets not checked
> 
> On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 08:18:24PM +0800, Yunjian Wang wrote:
> > The function vhost_kernel_tap_set_offload() could return errors, the
> > return value need to be checked. And there is no need to fail when
> > error is -ENOTSUP.
> >
> > Fixes: 1db4d2330bc8 ("net/virtio-user: check negotiated features
> > before set")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> >  * No need to fail when error is -ENOTSUP.
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.c | 5 ++++-
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.c
> > b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.c
> > index 76bf75423..2a0c2106d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel_tap.c
> > @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ vhost_kernel_open_tap(char **p_ifname, int hdr_size,
> int req_mq,
> >  	int sndbuf = INT_MAX;
> >  	struct ifreq ifr;
> >  	int tapfd;
> > +	int ret;
> >
> >  	/* TODO:
> >  	 * 1. verify we can get/set vnet_hdr_len, tap_probe_vnet_hdr_len @@
> > -131,7 +132,9 @@ vhost_kernel_open_tap(char **p_ifname, int hdr_size, int
> req_mq,
> >  		goto error;
> >  	}
> >
> > -	vhost_kernel_tap_set_offload(tapfd, features);
> > +	ret = vhost_kernel_tap_set_offload(tapfd, features);
> > +	if (ret < 0 && ret != ENOTSUP)
> 
> s/ENOTSUP/-ENOTSUP/

Thanks, I will fix it in v3.

Yunjian

> 
> > +		goto error;
> >
> >  	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
> >  	ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family = ARPHRD_ETHER;
> > --
> > 2.19.1
> >
> >