Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix invalid network interface index value

2018-07-25 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:05 PM, Yongseok Koh: > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix invalid network interface > index value > > > > On Jul 25, 2018, at 4:24 AM, Adrien Mazarguil > wrote: > > > > Network interface indices being unsigned, an inval

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix invalid network interface index value

2018-07-25 Thread Yongseok Koh
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 4:24 AM, Adrien Mazarguil > wrote: > > Network interface indices being unsigned, an invalid index or error is > normally expressed through a zero value (see if_nametoindex()). > > mlx5_ifindex() has a signed return type for negative values in case of > error. Since mlx5_

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix invalid network interface index value

2018-07-25 Thread Adrien Mazarguil
Network interface indices being unsigned, an invalid index or error is normally expressed through a zero value (see if_nametoindex()). mlx5_ifindex() has a signed return type for negative values in case of error. Since mlx5_nl.c does not check for errors, these may be fed back as invalid interface