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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Billy McFall <bmcfall@redhat.com>
Cc: wenzhuo.lu@intel.com, olivier.matz@6wind.com, dev@dpdk.org,
	adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] ethdev: new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:11:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2146383.vtkpvASGrJ@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKLkqD6y243LN7CTjeq6b3DWTUKjwUzad+2jv-iuO5Rzo6G5Lw@mail.gmail.com>

2017-03-09 10:49, Billy McFall:
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> wrote:
> > 2017-03-07 09:29, Billy McFall:
> > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Thomas Monjalon <
> > thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I think you could use rte_errno (while keeping negative return codes).
> > > >
> > >
> > > I can do that if you want, but if I understand your comment, it will make
> > > the implementation of the function not as clean. I cannot use the
> > existing
> > > RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(..) and RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(..)
> > MACROs
> > > because they are handling the return on error. Or am I missing something?
> >
> > Yes. Maybe we need new macros for basic error management with rte_errno.
> >
> > Looking at the code. Do you think we need new MACROs or just set rte_errno
> in the existing? What would be the down side to setting rte_errno for all
> the existing calls?
> 
> Looks like RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(..) is being called ~135 times.
> Most calls are with retval set to either -ENODEV or -EINVAL. A few
> instances of 0 and -1, but not many.
> 
> Looks like RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(..) is being called ~100 times. Most
> calls are with retval set to -ENOTSUP. A few instances of 0, but not many.
> 
> I was thinking:
> /* Macros to check for valid port */
> #define RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, retval) do { \
> if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)) { \
> RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Invalid port_id=%d\n", port_id); \
> + if (retval < 0) \
> + rte_errno = -retval; \
> return retval; \
> } \
> } while (0)

Yes it seems acceptable.
This rework may be done separately.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-03-09 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-20 16:01 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] " Billy McFall
2017-01-20 16:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-01-20 16:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-01-22  3:47   ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-23 13:49     ` Billy McFall
2017-01-24  0:42       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-20 16:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-01-23 15:25 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Thomas Monjalon
2017-01-23 21:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Billy McFall
2017-01-23 21:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-01-23 21:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-01-23 21:13   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-01-27 18:37   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Billy McFall
2017-01-27 18:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-02-27 13:48       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-07 14:29         ` Billy McFall
2017-03-07 16:03           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-09 15:49             ` Billy McFall
2017-03-09 17:11               ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2017-03-07 16:35           ` Mcnamara, John
2017-03-07 16:42       ` Mcnamara, John
2017-01-27 18:37     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-02-27 13:49       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-02-28  1:07       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-27 18:38     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-02-27 13:50       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-02-28  6:41         ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-03-01 10:15           ` Maxime Coquelin
2017-03-07 21:59     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-09 20:51     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Billy McFall
2017-03-09 20:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-03-15 10:29         ` Olivier Matz
2017-03-15 15:01           ` Billy McFall
2017-03-15 10:30         ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-09 20:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-03-13  3:17         ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-03-09 20:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-03-15 10:27         ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-15 18:02       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Billy McFall
2017-03-15 18:02         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-03-23 10:37           ` Olivier MATZ
2017-03-23 13:32             ` Billy McFall
2017-03-24 12:46               ` Olivier Matz
2017-03-24 13:18                 ` Billy McFall
2017-03-24 13:30                   ` Olivier Matz
2017-03-15 18:02         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-03-15 18:02         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-03-15 20:25         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Wiles, Keith
2017-03-24 18:55         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Billy McFall
2017-03-24 18:55           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/3] ethdev: " Billy McFall
2017-03-24 18:55           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/3] net/e1000: e1000 igb support to free consumed buffers Billy McFall
2017-03-24 18:55           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/3] net/vhost: vHost " Billy McFall
2017-03-27 15:20           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/3] new API to free consumed buffers in Tx ring Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-19 16:25           ` Ferruh Yigit

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