Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix coverity issue

[Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>]

On 02/11, Shougang Wang wrote:
>This patch fixes (Logically dead code ) coverity issue.
>
>Coverity issue: 353624
>Fixes: ba7b12dd64e4 ("net/ixgbe: fix link up in FreeBSD")
>
>Signed-off-by: Shougang Wang <shougangx.wang@intel.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>index 7ea1962f6..b19f47f50 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
>@@ -4128,15 +4128,11 @@ static int
> ixgbe_wait_for_link_up(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
> {
> #ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_FREEBSD
>-	const int nb_iter = 25;
>-#else
>-	const int nb_iter = 0;
>-#endif
> 	int err, i;
> 	bool link_up = false;
> 	uint32_t speed = 0;
> 
>-	for (i = 0; i < nb_iter; i++) {
>+	for (i = 0; i < 25; i++) {

Better to keep the constant nb_iter instead of using magic number.

> 		err = ixgbe_check_link(hw, &speed, &link_up, 0);
> 		if (err)
> 			return err;
>@@ -4144,7 +4140,12 @@ ixgbe_wait_for_link_up(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
> 			return 0;
> 		msec_delay(200);
> 	}
>+

Unrelated change.

Thanks,
Xiaolong

> 	return 0;
>+#else
>+	RTE_SET_USED(hw);
>+	return 0;
>+#endif
> }
> 
> /* return 0 means link status changed, -1 means not changed */
>-- 
>2.17.1
>