[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] pdump: fix error code check when creating/canceling pthread

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Fri Dec 8 11:20:13 CET 2017


On error, pthread_create() returns a positive number (an errno)
but does not set the errno variable.

Fixes: 278f945402c5 ("pdump: add new library for packet capture")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
---
 lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
index bc18f814a..44dcc9531 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ rte_pdump_init(const char *path)
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PDUMP,
 			"Failed to create the pdump thread:%s, %s:%d\n",
-			strerror(errno), __func__, __LINE__);
+			strerror(ret), __func__, __LINE__);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	/* Set thread_name for aid in debugging. */
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ rte_pdump_uninit(void)
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PDUMP,
 			"Failed to cancel the pdump thread:%s, %s:%d\n",
-			strerror(errno), __func__, __LINE__);
+			strerror(ret), __func__, __LINE__);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-- 
2.11.0



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