On Wed, 9 May 2018 11:43:34 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]> wrote:
> The port was set to the state ATTACHED during allocation.
> The consequence was to iterate over ports which are not initialized.
>
> The state ATTACHED is now set as the last step of probing.
>
> The uniqueness of port name is now checked before the availability
> of a port id for allocation (order reversed).
>
> As the state is not set on allocation anymore, it is also not checked
> in the function telling whether a port is allocated or not.
> The name of the port is set on allocation, so it is enough as a check.
>
> Fixes: 5588909af21b ("ethdev: add device iterator")
> Cc: [email protected]
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <[email protected]>
Could these states be described somewhere in the documentation.
Maybe some doc/guides? Maybe even exposed in API under rte_eth_dev_info.
Ideally, the device states could be aligned to the SNMP MIB for
interfaces (RFC2863) which defines complex state model appropriate for devices
and tunnels.
