Re: [PATCH v3] examples/l3fwd: fix validation for queue id of config tuple
From: Thomas Monjalon <hidden>
Date: 2016-03-25 18:50:57
From: Thomas Monjalon <hidden>
Date: 2016-03-25 18:50:57
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Added validation for queue id of config parameter tuple. This validation enforces user to enter queue ids of a port from 0 and in sequence. This additional validation on queue ids avoids ixgbe crash caused by null rxq pointer access inside ixgbe_dev_rx_init. Reason for null rxq is, L3fwd application allocates memory only for queues passed by user. But rte_eth_dev_start tries to initialize rx queues in sequence from 0 to nb_rx_queues, which is not true and coredump while accessing the unallocated queue . Fixes: af75078fece3 ("first public release") Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan <redacted>Acked-by: Pablo de Lara <redacted>
Applied, thanks