From: Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
To: stephen@networkplumber.org, thomas@monjalon.net,
ferruh.yigit@amd.com, andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stable@dpdk.org,
Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH v3] lib/ethdev: fix segfault in secondary process by validating dev_private pointer
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:10:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250723131049.1703172-1-14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250723045022.1580829-1-14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
In secondary processes, directly accessing 'dev->data->dev_private' can
cause a segmentation fault if the primary process has exited or if the
shared memory is no longer accessible.
Secondary application not only breaking on device closing,
but also getting segfault when we do "show device info all" from secondary
after primary closes.
This patch adds safety checks while using rte_mem_virt2phy(), with an
unlikely() branch hint to minimize performance impact in the fast path.
This ensures 'dev_private' is still valid before accessing it.
Fixes: bdad90d12ec8 ("ethdev: change device info get callback to return int")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
---
lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index dd7c00bc94..343e156a4f 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -4079,6 +4079,13 @@ rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
if (dev->dev_ops->dev_infos_get == NULL)
return -ENOTSUP;
+ if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY &&
+ unlikely(rte_mem_virt2phy(dev->data->dev_private) == RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR)) {
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG_LINE(ERR,
+ "Secondary: dev_private not accessible (primary exited?)");
+ rte_errno = ENODEV;
+ return -rte_errno;
+ }
diag = dev->dev_ops->dev_infos_get(dev, dev_info);
if (diag != 0) {
/* Cleanup already filled in device information */
@@ -4307,7 +4314,13 @@ rte_eth_macaddr_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addr)
port_id);
return -EINVAL;
}
-
+ if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY &&
+ (dev->data->mac_addrs == NULL)) {
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG_LINE(ERR,
+ "Secondary: dev_private not accessible (primary exited?)");
+ rte_errno = ENODEV;
+ return -rte_errno;
+ }
rte_ether_addr_copy(&dev->data->mac_addrs[0], mac_addr);
rte_eth_trace_macaddr_get(port_id, mac_addr);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-23 13:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-22 11:54 [PATCH] " Khadem Ullah
2025-07-22 13:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-22 14:30 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-22 15:42 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-22 16:01 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-22 16:13 ` Bruce Richardson
2025-07-22 17:04 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-22 17:38 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-22 17:53 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-22 18:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-22 19:03 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-22 19:05 ` Ivan Malov
2025-07-22 22:28 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-23 4:29 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-23 4:50 ` [PATCH v2] " Khadem Ullah
2025-07-23 12:19 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-23 13:13 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-23 13:24 ` Ivan Malov
2025-07-23 13:26 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-23 13:31 ` Ivan Malov
2025-07-23 13:10 ` Khadem Ullah [this message]
2025-07-23 13:19 ` [PATCH] [PATCH v3] " Ivan Malov
2025-07-23 13:34 ` Khadem Ullah
2025-07-23 14:22 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-23 14:21 ` [PATCH v2] " Stephen Hemminger
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