From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 09/14] sfc: use new rte_eth_link helpers
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:19:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3ec4f74-37e6-318c-4b78-2bb03c9899c2@solarflare.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170717090229.48abee36@xeon-e3>
On 07/17/2017 07:02 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:48:50 +0300
> Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com> wrote:
>
>> On 07/14/2017 09:30 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>> Use the new API (_rte_eth_link_update) to handle link status update.
>>> ALso fixes a bug where this driver was not returning -1 when link status changed.
>> It is really good that you raise it, since:
>> - as far as I can see the return value of the link_update is never used
>> - return value is not described and it is unclear what is meant by "link
>> status changed" since initial point is unspecified
>>
>> We have interpreted link status change as change in data->dev_link
>> made in the current execution flow, but not in parallel execution flow.
> All drivers must do the same thing. Private interpretation is not good.
Definitely agree, but to do so, API documentation must clearly define
what is required. It is especially pity that all these "fixes" and
complexity
is just a waste of time since return value is actually never used.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-17 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-14 18:30 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 00/14] link status API improvement and bugfixes Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 01/14] ethdev: add link status read/write functions Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-16 13:26 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2017-07-17 15:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-17 16:12 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2017-07-17 16:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-17 16:31 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2017-10-11 8:32 ` Yang, Qiming
2017-10-13 15:12 ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-01-05 14:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-05 20:15 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 02/14] virtio: use eth_link_read/write (and bug fix) Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-16 12:33 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2017-07-17 16:01 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-17 16:14 ` [dpdk-dev] ***Spam*** " Andrew Rybchenko
2017-07-17 16:28 ` [dpdk-dev] " Stephen Hemminger
2018-01-05 15:04 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 03/14] bnxt: use rte_link_update Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 04/14] vmxnet3: use rte_eth_link_update Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 05/14] dpaa2: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 06/14] nfp: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 07/14] e1000: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 08/14] ixgbe: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 09/14] sfc: use new rte_eth_link helpers Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-16 13:48 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2017-07-17 16:02 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-17 16:19 ` Andrew Rybchenko [this message]
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 10/14] i40e: use rte_eth_link_update (and bug fix) Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 11/14] liquidio: use _rte_eth_link_update Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-18 10:17 ` Shijith Thotton
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 12/14] thunderx: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 13/14] szedata: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-16 12:46 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2017-07-14 18:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 14/14] enic: " Stephen Hemminger
2017-07-16 13:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 00/14] link status API improvement and bugfixes Andrew Rybchenko
2018-01-05 14:29 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-05 20:18 ` Stephen Hemminger
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