[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: keep port_id unchanged if obtaining by name failed

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Jun 9 18:34:44 CEST 2017


18/05/2017 14:19, Ilya Maximets:
> Currently, 'rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name' changes transmitted
> 'port_id' unconditionally. This is undocumented and misleading
> behaviour as user may expect unchanged value in case of error.
> 
> Otherwise, there is no sense having both return value and
> a pointer in the function.
> 
> Fixes: 9c5b8d8b9feb ("ethdev: clean port id retrieval when attaching")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets at samsung.com>

Applied, thanks


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