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Subject: Re: [PATCH] testpmd: limit port mask bits to
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:50:06 +0000
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 02:40:09PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2014-12-16 13:27, Bruce Richardson:
> > The port mask parsing in testpmd allowed up to 64 bits to be processed,
> > even if RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS is set to a max of 32. Fix this by only
> > processing up to min(RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS,64) bits of the mask.
> [...]
> > -	for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
> > +	for (i = 0; i < 64 && i < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS; i++) {
> 
> Why not use RTE_MIN?
> 
> -- 
> Thomas

Because this works equally well, and the change is simpler and clearer IMHO.
However, if you feel very strongly about it, I can change it to use RTE_MIN
instead. :-)

/Bruce