From: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilche...@oktetlabs.ru>
Document valid combinations of input arguments in accordance with
current implementation in ethdev.
Fixes: 79c913a42f0 ("ethdev: retrieve xstats by ID")
Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilche...@oktetlabs.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybche...@oktetlabs.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Moreton <amore...@xilinx.com>
---
lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
index d2b27c351f..b14067fe7e 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -2872,13 +2872,17 @@ int rte_eth_xstats_get(uint16_t port_id, struct
rte_eth_xstat *xstats,
* @param port_id
* The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
* @param xstats_names
- * An rte_eth_xstat_name array of at least *size* elements to
- * be filled. If set to NULL, the function returns the required number
- * of elements.
+ * Array to be filled in with names of requested device statistics.
+ * Must not be NULL if @p ids are specified (not NULL).
* @param ids
- * IDs array given by app to retrieve specific statistics
+ * IDs array given by app to retrieve specific statistics. May be NULL to
+ * retrieve names of all available statistics or, if @p xstats_names is
+ * NULL as well, just a number of available statistics.
* @param size
- * The size of the xstats_names array (number of elements).
+ * If @p ids is not NULL, number of elements in the array with requested IDs
+ * and number of elements in @p xstats_names to put names in. If @p ids is
+ * NULL, number of elements in @p xstats_names to put all available
statistics
+ * names in.
* @return
* - A positive value lower or equal to size: success. The return value
* is the number of entries filled in the stats table.
@@ -2886,7 +2890,7 @@ int rte_eth_xstats_get(uint16_t port_id, struct
rte_eth_xstat *xstats,
* is too small. The return value corresponds to the size that should
* be given to succeed. The entries in the table are not valid and
* shall not be used by the caller.
- * - A negative value on error (invalid port id).
+ * - A negative value on error.
*/
int
rte_eth_xstats_get_names_by_id(uint16_t port_id,
@@ -2899,14 +2903,16 @@ rte_eth_xstats_get_names_by_id(uint16_t port_id,
* @param port_id
* The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
* @param ids
- * A pointer to an ids array passed by application. This tells which
- * statistics values function should retrieve. This parameter
- * can be set to NULL if size is 0. In this case function will retrieve
- * all available statistics.
+ * IDs array given by app to retrieve specific statistics. May be NULL to
+ * retrieve all available statistics or, if @p values is NULL as well,
+ * just a number of available statistics.
* @param values
- * A pointer to a table to be filled with device statistics values.
+ * Array to be filled in with requested device statistics.
+ * Must not be NULL if ids are specified (not NULL).
* @param size
- * The size of the ids array (number of elements).
+ * If @p ids is not NULL, number of elements in the array with requested IDs
+ * and number of elements in @p values to put statistics in. If @p ids is
NULL,
+ * number of elements in @p values to put all available statistics in.
* @return
* - A positive value lower or equal to size: success. The return value
* is the number of entries filled in the stats table.
@@ -2914,7 +2920,7 @@ rte_eth_xstats_get_names_by_id(uint16_t port_id,
* is too small. The return value corresponds to the size that should
* be given to succeed. The entries in the table are not valid and
* shall not be used by the caller.
- * - A negative value on error (invalid port id).
+ * - A negative value on error.
*/
int rte_eth_xstats_get_by_id(uint16_t port_id, const uint64_t *ids,
uint64_t *values, unsigned int size);
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2.30.2
