31/07/2017 14:58, Gaetan Rivet:
> Checking against error values returned by rte_eal_hotplug_add is
> inelegant and prone to mistakes. Additionally, the failed PCI probe
> prints a useless error that would throw off unsuspecting users:
>
> ERROR: failed to parse device "pci:net_ring0"
>
> This error is printed when attempting to probe a virtual device first
> with the PCI bus (here, a net_ring0 device), which will inevitably fail.
>
> Use the relevant functions to infer the intended bus. The limitation to
> PCI or vdev device is kept for strict API compatibility. Thus the PCI
> probe attempt is avoided and the right function is directly called.
>
> Fixes: 1c35f666df07 ("dev: fix attach proceeding with vdev on PCI
> success")
>
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com>
Applied with additional explanation from v1, thanks:
dev: fix vdev attach after PCI mismatch
If the device is a vdev, the parsing for PCI will fail with -EFAULT,
and will not try to check for a vdev.
