12/05/2026 21:28, Arin Kharkar: > Previously, the program would check if the number of ports is even and if > not, would exit with an error stating "the number of ports must be even". To > provide more information, the program now states how many ports were found. > This is especially helpful if 0 ports were found, as it explicitly states > DPDK wasn't able to find any ports, rather than making the user troubleshoot > this. > --- > examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c | 6 ++---- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c b/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c > index 133293cf15..381e4d4273 100644 > --- a/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c > +++ b/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c > @@ -188,11 +188,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) > /* Check that there is an even number of ports to send/receive on. */ > nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count_avail(); > if (nb_ports < 2 || (nb_ports & 1)) > - rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Error: number of ports must be even\n"); > + rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Error: number of ports must be even, > found %u ports\n", nb_ports); > > - /* Creates a new mempool in memory to hold the mbufs. */ > - > - /* Allocates mempool to hold the mbufs. 8< */ > + /* Creates and allocates a mempool to hold the mbufs. 8< */
Changing this comment requires changing the doc referencing it. I've made this change, added your signoff and other details, and applied, thanks.
