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> On 5 Jun 2017, at 10:11, Elo, Matias (Nokia - FI/Espoo) 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 2 Jun 2017, at 16:48, Maxim Uvarov <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> On 06/02/17 12:44, Elo, Matias (Nokia - FI/Espoo) wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> /**
>>>>> + * System huge page sizes in bytes
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * Returns the number of huge page sizes supported by the system. 
>>>>> Outputs up to
>>>>> + * 'num' sizes when the 'size' array pointer is not NULL. If return 
>>>>> value is
>>>>> + * larger than 'num', there are more supported sizes than the function 
>>>>> was
>>>>> + * allowed to output. If return value (N) is less than 'num', only sizes
>>>>> + * [0 ... N-1] have been written. Returned values are ordered from 
>>>>> smallest to
>>>>> + * largest.
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @param[out] size     Points to an array of huge page sizes for output
>>>>> + * @param      num      Maximum number of huge page sizes to output
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @return Number of supported huge page sizes
>>>>> + * @retval 0 on no huge pages
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +unsigned odp_sys_huge_page_size_all(uint64_t size[], unsigned num);
>>>>> +
>>>> 
>>>> I think it has to be int. -1 on error, 0 - no hp, > 0 pages.
>>>> For linux it might be similar to getpagesizes()
>>>> https://linux.die.net/man/3/getpagesizes
>>>> """
>>>> if pagesizes is NULL and n_elem is 0, then the number of pages the
>>>> system supports is returned. Otherwise, pagesizes is filled with at most
>>>> n_elem page sizes.
>>>> """
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> getpagesizes() returns -1 in a case of invalid function arguments. 
>>> odp_sys_huge_page_size_all() is documented so that the application cannot 
>>> pass invalid arguments. So an internal error would be the only possibility. 
>>> I don't see this to be likely as the function is only reading system info.
>>> 
>>> Adding -1 return value would also increase application complexity as the 
>>> error return value would require special handling from application.
>>> 
>> 
>> We have to be consistent with all odp api functions. We do not have
>> unsigned function, they are int.
> 
> We do have odp_pktio_max_index(), which returns unsigned, and anyway this 
> shouldn't be a reason not to use otherwise valid return value. Regarding 
> consistency, not returning -1 follows the same return value style as the rest 
> of the functions in system_info.h (odp_sys_huge_page_size(), 
> odp_sys_page_size(), odp_sys_cache_line_size()).
> 
>> This function is not fast path so
>> additional check is ok. And -1 can be returned on permission error to
>> assess /proc or /sys files for example or any other internal failure.
> 
> From application point of view the outcome is still the same (no huge pages) 
> and returning -1 would make this function inconsistent with the other 
> functions in this module as noted above.
> 
> -Matias
> 
> 

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