[dpdk-dev,1/2] drivers: add name alias registration for rte_driver
Commit Message
This adds infrastructure for drivers to allow being requested by an alias
so that a renamed driver can still get loaded by its legacy name.
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
---
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c | 8 ++++++++
lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h | 1 +
lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
Comments
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Blunck [mailto:jblunck@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jan Blunck
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:37 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: De Lara Guarch, Pablo; thomas.monjalon@6wind.com;
> yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com; Mcnamara, John
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] drivers: add name alias registration for rte_driver
>
> This adds infrastructure for drivers to allow being requested by an alias
> so that a renamed driver can still get loaded by its legacy name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
Hi Jan,
I saw two checkpatch errors in this patch that should be fixed:
ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
#55: FILE: lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h:86:
+static const char * vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias;\
ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
#65: FILE: lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h:96:
+static const char * vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias = RTE_STR(alias)
total: 2 errors, 0 warnings, 39 lines checked
Thanks,
Pablo
On 10/20/2016 11:37 AM, Jan Blunck wrote:
> This adds infrastructure for drivers to allow being requested by an alias
> so that a renamed driver can still get loaded by its legacy name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c | 8 ++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h | 1 +
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h | 5 +++++
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
Hi Jan,
This looks good to me, once Pablo's comment is taken into account, feel
free to add my:
Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
Thanks for doing the work!
Maxime
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ rte_eal_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args)
return driver->probe(name, args);
}
+ /* Give new names precedence over aliases. */
+ TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
+ if (driver->driver.alias &&
+ !strncmp(driver->driver.alias, name,
+ strlen(driver->driver.alias)))
+ return driver->probe(name, args);
+ }
+
RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ void rte_eal_device_remove(struct rte_device *dev);
struct rte_driver {
TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_driver) next; /**< Next in list. */
const char *name; /**< Driver name. */
+ const char *alias; /**< Driver alias. */
};
/**
@@ -83,13 +83,18 @@ void rte_eal_vdrv_unregister(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
#define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(nm, vdrv)\
RTE_INIT(vdrvinitfn_ ##vdrv);\
+static const char * vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias;\
static void vdrvinitfn_ ##vdrv(void)\
{\
(vdrv).driver.name = RTE_STR(nm);\
+ (vdrv).driver.alias = vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias;\
rte_eal_vdrv_register(&vdrv);\
} \
RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(nm, __COUNTER__)
+#define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_ALIAS(nm, alias)\
+static const char * vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias = RTE_STR(alias)
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif