[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/20] ethdev: allow drivers to return error on close

[Thomas Monjalon]

23/09/2020 18:41, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 9/13/2020 11:06 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > The device operation .dev_close was returning void.
> > This driver interface is changed to return an int.
> > 
> > Note that the API rte_eth_dev_close() is still returning void,
> > although a deprecation notice is pending to change it as well.
> 
> Why not update the 'rte_eth_dev_close()' in this patch? After the 
> updates below it should be easier.

Yes it is a step in the right direction.
Changing the API means adding some error checks in every apps.
The reason for not doing is that I did not commit for this task,
and I am not the author of the deprecation notice.
We can discuss how to follow up once this series is merged.