[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] devargs: delay freeing previous devargs when overriding them

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hi,

05/11/2018 08:04, Darek Stojaczyk:
> -int __rte_experimental
> -rte_devargs_insert(struct rte_devargs *da)
> +void __rte_experimental
> +rte_devargs_insert(struct rte_devargs *da, struct rte_devargs **prev_da)

You should update the API section of the release notes.

>  {
> -       int ret;
> +       struct rte_devargs *d;
> +       void *tmp;
> +
> +       *prev_da = NULL;
> +       TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(d, &devargs_list, next, tmp) {
> +               if (strcmp(d->bus->name, da->bus->name) == 0 &&
> +                   strcmp(d->name, da->name) == 0) {
> +                       TAILQ_REMOVE(&devargs_list, d, next);
> +                       *prev_da = d;
> +                       break;
> +               }
> +       }
>  
> -       ret = rte_devargs_remove(da);
> -       if (ret < 0)
> -               return ret;

Why not updating rte_devargs_remove instead of duplicating its code?