From: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>
To: Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>, <rasland@nvidia.com>, <stable@dpdk.org>,
<viacheslavo@nvidia.com>, <orika@nvidia.com>,
<suanmingm@nvidia.com>, <matan@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix crash when using meter in transfer flow
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:55:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250716105555.chrm654eqw4yrgw6@ds-vm-debian.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250716072410.3534146-1-14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 03:23:19AM -0400, Khadem Ullah wrote:
> Hi Dariusz,
>
> Yes, you are right — I believe this has been fixed since DPDK v24.11 by the commit you mentioned:
> https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/commit/c30b356a4d48542fe99c47aa470afc8cd1ced9f5
>
> Previously, this appeared to be an edge case where a segfault was triggered when a transfer rule was created (even when not using switchdev). But as confirmed, recent versions (v24.11.2 and newer) now correctly return ENOTSUP or a validation error instead of crashing.
>
> I understand that transfer rules are only valid in switchdev mode, and that using them outside that context is unsupported. I encountered the segfault when testing this specific combination, but it seems the issue has been properly addressed now in the latest versions.
>
> Thanks for confirming!
>
> Best regards,
> Khadem Ullah
No problem, happy to help.
Best regards,
Dariusz Sosnowski
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-16 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-02 12:36 Khadem Ullah
2025-07-15 17:39 ` Dariusz Sosnowski
2025-07-15 17:51 ` Dariusz Sosnowski
2025-07-16 7:23 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-16 10:55 ` Dariusz Sosnowski [this message]
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