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rte_eth_link_get_nowait return value ignored — build fails with -Werror on DPDK 25.11+ #1053

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In lib/ff_dpdk_if.c line 219, rte_eth_link_get_nowait() is called without checking its return value. DPDK 25.11 marks this function with warn_unused_result, causing a build failure under -Werror.

Fix:

-            rte_eth_link_get_nowait(portid, &link);
+            if (rte_eth_link_get_nowait(portid, &link) < 0)
+                link.link_status = 0;

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