This code change is ok also, but it seems need to add more Judging branch?
IF you think it is almost the same, I WILL commit a new v2.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zhang, Qi Z
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 11:06 AM
> To: Zhao1, Wei <wei.zh...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] net/i40e: fix FDIR check programming status error
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zhao1, Wei
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 4:25 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zh...@intel.com>; sta...@dpdk.org; Zhao1, Wei
> > <wei.zh...@intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] net/i40e: fix FDIR check programming status error
> >
> > In i40e FDIR PMD code for checking programming status function
> > i40e_check_fdir_programming_status(), the initial value of return
> > value ret should be set to -1 not 0, because if DD bit of
> > I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_DD is not write back, this function will return
> > 0 to upper function, this give an error info to upper function, the
> > fact for this is it is time out for DD write back and it should return -1.
> >
> > Fixes: 05999aab4ca6 ("i40e: add or delete flow director")
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zh...@intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
> > b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c index
> > d41601a..b958bf6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_fdir.c
> > @@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ i40e_check_fdir_programming_status(struct
> > i40e_rx_queue *rxq)
> > uint32_t rx_status;
> > uint32_t len, id;
> > uint32_t error;
> > - int ret = 0;
> > + int ret = -1;
> >
> > rxdp = &rxq->rx_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
> > qword1 = rte_le_to_cpu_64(rxdp->wb.qword1.status_error_len);
> > @@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ i40e_check_fdir_programming_status(struct
> > i40e_rx_queue *rxq)
> > I40E_PCI_REG_WRITE(rxq->qrx_tail, rxq-
> >nb_rx_desc - 1);
> > else
> > I40E_PCI_REG_WRITE(rxq->qrx_tail, rxq->rx_tail - 1);
> > + ret = 0;
>
> Is it possible to overwrite previous ret = -1 which is not what we want?
>
> I would prefer
>
> int ret = 0;
>
> If (dd bit is set) {
> If xxx
> Ret = -1;
> If xxx
> Ret = -1;
> } else {
> ret = -1;
> }
>
> return ret;
>
> > }
> >
> > return ret;
> > --
> > 2.7.5
