netmap: Avoid HW errors when using pipes

Issue: 6837

When using netmap pipes (with lb, for example), avoid direct hardware
related IOCTLs that will fail (not supported with pipes).

(cherry picked from commit af529a56a9bcb37bae5243236a4505fff0df268b)

diff --git a/src/runmode-netmap.c b/src/runmode-netmap.c
index 927dc718856c65ac54e63cb0d3a3bee31e2a9571..e207cf06300fb9a37c9041e205f9c216f63a8f3d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/runmode-netmap.c
+++ b/src/runmode-netmap.c
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ static void *ParseNetmapConfig(const char *iface_name)
         }
     }
 
-    int ring_count = NetmapGetRSSCount(aconf->iface_name);
+    int ring_count = 0;
+    if (aconf->in.real)
+        ring_count = NetmapGetRSSCount(aconf->iface_name);
     if (strlen(aconf->iface_name) > 0 &&
             (aconf->iface_name[strlen(aconf->iface_name) - 1] == '^' ||
                     aconf->iface_name[strlen(aconf->iface_name) - 1] == '*')) {