Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] eal: refactor plugin list append from eal_parse_args() to a helper function

[Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>]

On 10/16/2015 03:57 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 02:58:13PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
>> index 33e1067..cc66d9f 100644
>> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
>> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
>> @@ -530,6 +530,24 @@ eal_log_level_parse(int argc, char **argv)
>>   	optind = 0; /* reset getopt lib */
>>   }
>>
>> +static int
>> +eal_plugin_add(const char *path)
>> +{
>> +	struct shared_driver *solib;
>> +
>> +	solib = malloc(sizeof(*solib));
>> +	if (solib == NULL) {
>> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "malloc(solib) failed\n");
>> +		return -1;
>> +	}
>> +	memset(solib, 0, sizeof(*solib));
>> +	strncpy(solib->name, path, PATH_MAX-1);
>> +	solib->name[PATH_MAX-1] = 0;
>
> I always prefer a one-line snprintf to the above two-line code. :-)

Me too (or asprintf, depending on situation), but the point of this 
patch is to move around existing code without changing it.
Certainly I can change it to sprintf if that's preferred.

	- Panu -