Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] bus/vdev: add warning for duplicated vdev name

[Yahui Cao <yahui.cao@intel.com>]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 03:26:36AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 29/11/2018 08:16, Yahui Cao:
> > If duplicated vdev name is detected, print out a warning message.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yahui Cao <yahui.cao@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
> > index 9c66bdc78..ff2db7d3f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
> > @@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ vdev_scan(void)
> >  		if (find_vdev(devargs->name)) {
> >  			rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(&vdev_device_list_lock);
> >  			free(dev);
> > +			VDEV_LOG(WARNING, "duplicated vdev name %s detected!",
> > +				devargs->name);
> >  			continue;
> >  		}
> 
> I'm surprised there is nothing to prevent from creating 2 vdevs
> with the same name. It should be considered as an error
> and reject the vdev creation.
> 
> 
Actually it does skip the creation of vdev with the same name. Is it
enough to return error from vdev_scan(), or even return error from
rte_bus_scan()? Please give some advice.