On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:22:02 +0100
Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> wrote:
> > + if (dev_conf == NULL) {
> > + RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
> > + "Cannot configure ethdev port %u to NULL dev_conf\n",
>
> The others use a natural sounding names instead of argument name. If you
> wanted to match that it could be "..to NULL conf"
I would prefer that error messages don't try to be English sentences.
The wording ends up awkward. and overly wordy.
If function name is automatically included by RTE_ETHDEV_LOG() then
Just:
RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "NULL ethdev")
should be enough for programmer to find/fix the problem