[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net/mlx5: fix return value of start operation
Nélio Laranjeiro
nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Thu Jan 18 17:04:27 CET 2018
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 02:00:42PM +0100, Olivier Matz wrote:
> On error, mlx5_dev_start() does not return a negative value
> as it is supposed to do. The consequence is that the application
> (ex: testpmd) does not notice that the port is not started
> and begins the rxtx on an uninitialized port, which crashes.
>
> Fixes: e1016cb73383 ("net/mlx5: fix Rx interrupts management")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
> index 1a20967a2..44f702daa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c
> @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ mlx5_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> ERROR("%p: an error occurred while configuring control flows:"
> " %s",
> (void *)priv, strerror(err));
> + err = -err;
> goto error;
> }
> err = priv_flow_start(priv, &priv->flows);
> @@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ mlx5_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> ERROR("%p: an error occurred while configuring flows:"
> " %s",
> (void *)priv, strerror(err));
> + err = -err;
> goto error;
> }
> err = priv_rx_intr_vec_enable(priv);
> @@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ mlx5_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> priv_rxq_stop(priv);
> priv_flow_delete_drop_queue(priv);
> priv_unlock(priv);
> - return -err;
> + return err;
> }
>
> /**
err in the function is handled with positives errno's, adding only those
two and returning err will make the other positive.
Regards,
--
Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND
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