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

[Thomas Monjalon]

23/09/2020 23:02, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:53:46 +0200
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Not sure what application can really do if dev_close fails other than call rte_exit()?

At least, it can show a message to the user.