Hi Stephen,
Can we add only the check that fixes the segfault, or do you mean that it
should be fixed at the PMD level?

Best regards,
Khadem

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 18:39 Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:54:39 -0400
> Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224@uetpeshawar.edu.pk> wrote:
>
> > +     if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY &&
> > +             (dev == NULL || dev->data == NULL ||
> > +             dev->data->dev_private == NULL ||
>
> dev can't be NULL and checking it here will cause a Coverity warning.
>
> There are many other ethdev calls that will fail if primary dies.
> stats, xstats, rx/tx burst, ...
>
> I don't think it is good idea to add checks here.
>