[dpdk-dev] kni: error rollback with kni_dev_remove could cause a kernel crash
Commit Message
From: ZhouYates <zhouyates@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: ZhouYates <zhouyates@gmail.com>
---
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
Comments
Hi ZhouYates,
On 8/25/2016 2:41 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> From: ZhouYates <zhouyates@gmail.com>
I have re-sent your exact patch which was sent as attachment.
Thank you for the patch, can you please follow contribution guide for
next version of the patch? More details on:
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/patches.html#sending-patches
>
> Signed-off-by: ZhouYates <zhouyates@gmail.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 4 +++-
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> index 59d15ca..7ef17f5 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> @@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net,
>
> kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
>
> - kni->net_dev = net_dev;
> kni->group_id = dev_info.group_id;
> kni->core_id = dev_info.core_id;
> strncpy(kni->name, dev_info.name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE);
> @@ -561,6 +560,9 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net,
> kni_dev_remove(kni);
But this cause allocated net_dev not freed here ...
> return -ENODEV;
> }
> + /*Set the kni->net_dev when the net_dev has registered success.
> + * Avoid unregistering unregistered net_dev by kni_dev_remove.*/
Can you please use multi line comment syntax same as rest of the
document. Or perhaps first line can be enough.
> + kni->net_dev = net_dev;
>
> #ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
> kni_vhost_init(kni);
>
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net,
kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
- kni->net_dev = net_dev;
kni->group_id = dev_info.group_id;
kni->core_id = dev_info.core_id;
strncpy(kni->name, dev_info.name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE);
@@ -561,6 +560,9 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net,
kni_dev_remove(kni);
return -ENODEV;
}
+ /*Set the kni->net_dev when the net_dev has registered success.
+ * Avoid unregistering unregistered net_dev by kni_dev_remove.*/
+ kni->net_dev = net_dev;
#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
kni_vhost_init(kni);