[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v14 6/9] app/testpmd: fix parse_fec_mode return type name

[Tyler Retzlaff]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 01:55:02PM +0300, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 6/24/21 1:34 AM, Jie Zhou wrote:
> >Replace parse_fec_mode misleading return type name mode with fec_capa
> >
> >Fixes: b19da32e3151 ("app/testpmd: add FEC command")
> >Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Jie Zhou <jizh at microsoft.com>
> >Signed-off-by: Jie Zhou <jizh at linux.microsoft.com>
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> >index 283b5e3680..9ae4d90dd1 100644
> >--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> >+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
> >@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ void show_tx_pkt_segments(void);
> >  void set_tx_pkt_times(unsigned int *tx_times);
> >  void show_tx_pkt_times(void);
> >  void set_tx_pkt_split(const char *name);
> >-int parse_fec_mode(const char *name, enum rte_eth_fec_mode *mode);
> >+int parse_fec_mode(const char *name, uint32_t *fec_capa);
> 
> I guess that the real reason behind is to fix implicit
> conversion of enum pointer to/from uint32_t pointer.
> I guess the problem is different signness of enum on
> Windows compiler.

yes, compilers targeting targets will select `int' once all constants of
the enumeration list are defined.

> 
> If so, please, put real motivation of the changeset in summary.
> It should be human-readable (and do not contain function name).
> Explain details in the description.
> 
> Yes, I agree that mode is misleading here and should be mentioned
> in the description, but I guess it is not the root cause.
> May be I'm wrong.