Hi Ferruh,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 3:15 PM
> To: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo...@intel.com>
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix API parameter checking
>
> On 1/11/2017 2:25 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote:
> > Add checks to rte_pmd_ixgbe_* API's to ensure that the port is an
> > ixgbe port.
> >
> > Fixes: 49e248223e9f ("net/ixgbe: add API for VF management")
> >
> > CC: sta...@dpdk.org
> > Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 71
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> > b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> > index b7ddd4f..ca14104 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
> > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> > /*-
> > * BSD LICENSE
> > *
> > - * Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> > + * Copyright(c) 2010-2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> > * All rights reserved.
> > *
> > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> > @@ -4066,6 +4066,12 @@ rte_pmd_ixgbe_set_vf_mac_addr(uint8_t port,
> uint16_t vf,
> > dev = &rte_eth_devices[port];
> > rte_eth_dev_info_get(port, &dev_info);
> >
> > + if (!strstr(dev_info.driver_name, "ixgbe"))
> > + return -ENOTSUP;
> > +
> > + if (strstr(dev_info.driver_name, "ixgbe_vf"))
> > + return -ENOTSUP;
> > +
>
> This part seems common for all functions, what do you think exporting this
> into a static function?
>
> Also in the feature if you need to update the method to decide if this port_id
> is supported or not, only that function will be effected.
>
> <...>
Ok, I will put the checks into a static function and send a v2.
Regards,
Bernard.
