[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: add error check for core options

Marko Kovacevic marko.kovacevic at intel.com
Thu Feb 1 18:07:32 CET 2018


Error information on the current core
usage list,mask and map were incomplete.
Added states to differentiate core usage
and to inform user.

Signed-off-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>

---
V2:
 - Cleaned up the logging for error cases - Anatoly
---
 doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst      |  4 ++++
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
index 46da1df..26500bf 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ See the DPDK Getting Started Guides for more information on these options.
     The grouping ``()`` can be omitted for single element group.
     The ``@`` can be omitted if cpus and lcores have the same value.
 
+.. Note::
+   When ``--lcores`` is in use, the options ``-l`` and ``-c`` cannot be used.
+
+
 *   ``--master-lcore ID``
 
     Core ID that is used as master.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index b6d2762..459b093 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 #include "eal_filesystem.h"
 
 #define BITS_PER_HEX 4
+#define LCORE_OPT_LST 1
+#define LCORE_OPT_MSK 2
+#define LCORE_OPT_MAP 3
 
 const char
 eal_short_options[] =
@@ -1028,7 +1031,15 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid coremask\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		core_parsed = 1;
+
+		if (core_parsed) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option -c is ignored, because (%s) is set!\n",
+				(core_parsed == LCORE_OPT_LST)?"-l" :
+				(core_parsed == LCORE_OPT_MAP)?"--lcore" : "Unknown");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		core_parsed = LCORE_OPT_MSK;
 		break;
 	/* corelist */
 	case 'l':
@@ -1036,7 +1047,15 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid core list\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		core_parsed = 1;
+
+		if (core_parsed) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option -l is ignored, because (%s) is set!\n",
+				(core_parsed == LCORE_OPT_MSK)?"-c" :
+				(core_parsed == LCORE_OPT_MAP)?"--lcore" : "Unknown");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		core_parsed = LCORE_OPT_LST;
 		break;
 	/* service coremask */
 	case 's':
@@ -1156,7 +1175,15 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 				OPT_LCORES "\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		core_parsed = 1;
+
+		if (core_parsed) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option --lcore is ignored, because (%s) is set!\n",
+				(core_parsed == LCORE_OPT_LST)?"-l" :
+				(core_parsed == LCORE_OPT_MSK)?"-c" : "Unknown");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		core_parsed = LCORE_OPT_MAP;
 		break;
 
 	/* don't know what to do, leave this to caller */
-- 
2.9.5



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