[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] net/mlx4: fix single port configuration

Adrien Mazarguil adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com
Fri Jan 26 17:44:01 CET 2018


Hi Ophir,

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:32:47PM +0000, Ophir Munk wrote:
> The number of mlx4 present ports is calculated as follows:
> conf.ports.present |= (UINT64_C(1) << device_attr.phys_port_cnt) - 1;
> 
> That is - all ones sequence (due to -1 subtraction)
> When retrieving the number of ports, 1 must be added in order to obtain
> the correct number of ports to the power of 2, as follows:
> uint32_t ports = rte_log2_u32(conf->ports.present + 1);
> If 1 was not added, in the case of one port, the number of ports would
> be falsely calculated as 0.
> 
> Fixes: 82642799 ("net/mlx4: check max number of ports dynamically")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at mellanox.com>

I was too busy to reply earlier, thanks for taking care of this issue.

Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

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Adrien Mazarguil
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