From: "Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
To: "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
"Bie, Tiwei" <tiwei.bie@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: clean up rte_eth_dev_info_get
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:50:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6A0DE07E22DDAD4C9103DF62FEBC09093B5608A4@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20cab07d-ed9d-fbec-d00f-c386cb9f87e8@intel.com>
Hi Ferruh,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 8:16 PM
> To: Bie, Tiwei; Lu, Wenzhuo
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: clean up rte_eth_dev_info_get
>
> On 1/25/2017 5:24 AM, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:13:32PM +0800, Lu, Wenzhuo wrote:
> >> Hi Tiwei,
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Bie, Tiwei
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 11:17 AM
> >>> To: Lu, Wenzhuo
> >>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: clean up
> >>> rte_eth_dev_info_get
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:39:22AM +0800, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> >>>> It'not appropriate to call rte_eth_dev_info_get in PMD, as
> >>>> rte_eth_dev_info_get need to get info from PMD.
> >>>> Remove rte_eth_dev_info_get from PMD code and get the info directly.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 144
> >>>> ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> >>>> 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> >>>> b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> >>>> index 64ce55a..f14a68b 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> >>>> @@ -4401,17 +4401,17 @@ static int
> >>> ixgbevf_dev_xstats_get_names(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> >>>> int rar_entry;
> >>>> uint8_t *new_mac = (uint8_t *)(mac_addr);
> >>>> struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
> >>>> - struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
> >>>> + struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
> >>>>
> >>>> RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port, -ENODEV);
> >>>>
> >>>> dev = &rte_eth_devices[port];
> >>>> - rte_eth_dev_info_get(port, &dev_info);
> >>>> + pci_dev = IXGBE_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
> >>>>
> >>>> - if (is_ixgbe_pmd(dev_info.driver_name) != 0)
> >>>> + if (is_ixgbe_pmd(dev->data->drv_name))
> >>>> return -ENOTSUP;
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> The return value of is_ixgbe_pmd() is not boolean (actually I think
> >>> it should be based on its name). If we omit the comparison with 0,
> >>> the code looks weird. It looks like it'll return -ENOTSUP if the port's driver
> is ixgbe PMD.
> >>
> >> Yes, it’s weird. But what makes it weird is not the missing comparison but
> the function name.
> >> Better changing it to ixgbe_pmd_check. How about it?
> >>
> >
> > Yeah, I also prefer to change the helper function itself. But I'm not
> > good at the naming. I'd like to hear others' opinion. :-)
>
> Agree that it looks wrong without 0 comparison.
>
> Helper function is checking if the given port is an ixgbe port or not,
> unfortunately you need to this for PMD specific APIs.
> So What about is_device_supported(),
>
> I agree it is better if it returns bool, and I also think it is better if it gets the
> rte_eth_dev as input parameter, validating port based on name is API internal
> knowledge.
>
> Also instead of name comparison against fixed string, it can be eth_dev-
> >driver->pci_drv.name against driver->name. This makes function more
Thanks for your suggestion. But I don’t get your point here.
For a specific device, should not the eth_dev->driver->pci_drv.name and the driver->name be the same?
> generic, and perhaps this helper function can be moved into ethdev layer,
> later. For this function needs to get both eth_dev and rte_driver as argument.
>
>
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tiwei Bie
> >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-03 6:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-25 2:39 Wenzhuo Lu
2017-01-25 3:16 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-01-25 5:13 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-01-25 5:24 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-01-30 12:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-03 6:50 ` Lu, Wenzhuo [this message]
2017-02-03 11:52 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-01 16:24 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-02-01 17:40 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-01 18:10 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-02-01 18:18 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-03 9:21 ` Iremonger, Bernard
2017-02-03 9:49 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-02-03 10:02 ` Iremonger, Bernard
2017-02-03 12:00 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-06 2:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Wenzhuo Lu
2017-02-06 2:30 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-02-06 2:41 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-02-06 2:51 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-02-06 2:59 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-02-06 3:08 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-02-06 3:45 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-02-06 4:57 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-02-06 5:17 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2017-02-06 5:26 ` Tiwei Bie
2017-02-07 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " Wenzhuo Lu
2017-02-07 14:08 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-07 14:09 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-02-08 0:54 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
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