[dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/4] stack: check flags on creation

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

All API's should check that they support the flag values
passed. If an application passes an invalid flag it could
cause problems in later ABI.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/librte_stack/rte_stack.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_stack/rte_stack.c b/lib/librte_stack/rte_stack.c
index d19824f00439..4b09ff30d6bd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_stack/rte_stack.c
+++ b/lib/librte_stack/rte_stack.c
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ rte_stack_create(const char *name, unsigned int count, int socket_id,
 	unsigned int sz;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (flags & ~(RTE_STACK_F_LF)) {
+		STACK_LOG_ERR("Unsupported stack flags %#x\n", flags);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	
 #ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct rte_stack_lf_head) != 16);
 #else
-- 
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