> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 6:53 AM
> To: Xing, Beilei <beilei.x...@intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zh...@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/i40e: allow VF to configure pctype
> mapping
>
> On 5/23/2019 2:37 AM, Beilei Xing wrote:
> > This patch allows VF to get/update/reset pctype mapping info.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.x...@intel.com>
> > ---
> > v2 changes:
> > - Allow VF update/reset pctype mapping.
> >
> > drivers/net/i40e/rte_pmd_i40e.c | 8 --------
> > 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/rte_pmd_i40e.c
> > b/drivers/net/i40e/rte_pmd_i40e.c index 7ae78e4..b3bdc61 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/rte_pmd_i40e.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/rte_pmd_i40e.c
> > @@ -2405,8 +2405,6 @@ int
> > rte_pmd_i40e_flow_type_mapping_reset(uint16_t port)
> >
> > dev = &rte_eth_devices[port];
> >
> > - if (!is_i40e_supported(dev))
> > - return -ENOTSUP;
>
> Hi Beilei,
>
> Since these are public APIs, these checks are to prevent possible issues user
> call these APIs with a port_id that is not 'i40e' at all, in that case the
> API still
> will try to work on that device and this may lead a crash or corruption in
> that
> device.
>
> Instead of removing these checks, can it be possible to extend it to cover
> both
> PF and VF? If there are APIs in this file that requires device explicitly to
> be PF
> or VF, perhaps we can create two version of the check and use appropriate one
> for the API.
+1
>
>
> >
> > i40e_set_default_pctype_table(dev);
> >
> > @@ -2425,9 +2423,6 @@ int rte_pmd_i40e_flow_type_mapping_get(
> >
> > dev = &rte_eth_devices[port];
> >
> > - if (!is_i40e_supported(dev))
> > - return -ENOTSUP;
> > -
> > ad = I40E_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < I40E_FLOW_TYPE_MAX; i++) { @@ -2453,9 +2448,6 @@
> > rte_pmd_i40e_flow_type_mapping_update(
> >
> > dev = &rte_eth_devices[port];
> >
> > - if (!is_i40e_supported(dev))
> > - return -ENOTSUP;
> > -
> > if (count > I40E_FLOW_TYPE_MAX)
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> >
