[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mempool: enforce valid flags at creation

[David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>]

If we do not enforce valid flags are passed by an application, this
application might face issues in the future when we add more flags.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
---
 app/test/test_mempool.c   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_mempool.c b/app/test/test_mempool.c
index 7675a3e605..66bc8d86b7 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -205,6 +205,24 @@ static int test_mempool_creation_with_exceeded_cache_size(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int test_mempool_creation_with_unknown_flag(void)
+{
+	struct rte_mempool *mp_cov;
+
+	mp_cov = rte_mempool_create("test_mempool_unknown_flag", MEMPOOL_SIZE,
+		MEMPOOL_ELT_SIZE, 0, 0,
+		NULL, NULL,
+		NULL, NULL,
+		SOCKET_ID_ANY, MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG << 1);
+
+	if (mp_cov != NULL) {
+		rte_mempool_free(mp_cov);
+		RET_ERR();
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct rte_mempool *mp_spsc;
 static rte_spinlock_t scsp_spinlock;
 static void *scsp_obj_table[MAX_KEEP];
@@ -635,6 +653,9 @@ test_mempool(void)
 	if (test_mempool_creation_with_exceeded_cache_size() < 0)
 		GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
 
+	if (test_mempool_creation_with_unknown_flag() < 0)
+		GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
+
 	if (test_mempool_same_name_twice_creation() < 0)
 		GOTO_ERR(ret, err);
 
diff --git a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c
index c5f859ae71..a2a78125f4 100644
--- a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -777,6 +777,13 @@ rte_mempool_cache_free(struct rte_mempool_cache *cache)
 	rte_free(cache);
 }
 
+#define MEMPOOL_KNOWN_FLAGS ( MEMPOOL_F_NO_SPREAD \
+	| MEMPOOL_F_NO_CACHE_ALIGN \
+	| MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT \
+	| MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET \
+	| MEMPOOL_F_POOL_CREATED \
+	| MEMPOOL_F_NO_IOVA_CONTIG \
+	)
 /* create an empty mempool */
 struct rte_mempool *
 rte_mempool_create_empty(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
@@ -806,6 +813,12 @@ rte_mempool_create_empty(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
 #endif
 
+	/* enforce no unknown flag is passed by the application */
+	if ((flags & ~MEMPOOL_KNOWN_FLAGS) != 0) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	mempool_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_mempool_tailq.head, rte_mempool_list);
 
 	/* asked for zero items */
diff --git a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h
index f57ecbd6fc..5143b16a24 100644
--- a/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h
+++ b/lib/mempool/rte_mempool.h
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ typedef void (rte_mempool_ctor_t)(struct rte_mempool *, void *);
  *   with rte_errno set appropriately. Possible rte_errno values include:
  *    - E_RTE_NO_CONFIG - function could not get pointer to rte_config structure
  *    - E_RTE_SECONDARY - function was called from a secondary process instance
- *    - EINVAL - cache size provided is too large
+ *    - EINVAL - cache size provided is too large or an unknown flag was passed
  *    - ENOSPC - the maximum number of memzones has already been allocated
  *    - EEXIST - a memzone with the same name already exists
  *    - ENOMEM - no appropriate memory area found in which to create memzone
-- 
2.23.0