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* [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix interface name parameter definition
@ 2025-08-10 13:22 Gregory Etelson
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From: Gregory Etelson @ 2025-08-10 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev
  Cc: getelson,  ,
	rasland, Dariusz Sosnowski, Viacheslav Ovsiienko, Bing Zhao,
	Ori Kam, Suanming Mou, Matan Azrad, Ophir Munk

The patch fixes `ifname` parameter as a character buffer.

Fixes: 1256805dd54d ("net/mlx5: move Linux-specific functions")

Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c   | 11 +++++------
 drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c          |  2 +-
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h                   |  3 +--
 drivers/net/mlx5/windows/mlx5_ethdev_os.c |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
index 9daeda5435..eeb95bead0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mlx5_auxiliary_get_ifindex(const char *sf_name)
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
-mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char (*ifname)[MLX5_NAMESIZE])
+mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char ifname[MLX5_NAMESIZE])
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	unsigned int ifindex;
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char (*ifname)[MLX5_NAMESIZE])
 	ifindex = mlx5_ifindex(dev);
 	if (!ifindex) {
 		if (!priv->representor)
-			return mlx5_get_ifname_sysfs(priv->sh->ibdev_path,
-						     *ifname);
+			return mlx5_get_ifname_sysfs(priv->sh->ibdev_path, ifname);
 		rte_errno = ENXIO;
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
-	if (if_indextoname(ifindex, &(*ifname)[0]))
+	if (if_indextoname(ifindex, ifname))
 		return 0;
 	rte_errno = errno;
 	return -rte_errno;
@@ -150,10 +149,10 @@ mlx5_ifreq_by_ifname(const char *ifname, int req, struct ifreq *ifr)
 static int
 mlx5_ifreq(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int req, struct ifreq *ifr)
 {
-	char ifname[sizeof(ifr->ifr_name)];
+	char ifname[MLX5_NAMESIZE];
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mlx5_get_ifname(dev, &ifname);
+	ret = mlx5_get_ifname(dev, ifname);
 	if (ret)
 		return -rte_errno;
 	return mlx5_ifreq_by_ifname(ifname, req, ifr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
index 696a3e12c7..03c5191095 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ mlx5_dev_spawn(struct rte_device *dpdk_dev,
 	{
 		char ifname[MLX5_NAMESIZE];
 
-		if (mlx5_get_ifname(eth_dev, &ifname) == 0)
+		if (mlx5_get_ifname(eth_dev, ifname) == 0)
 			DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u ifname is \"%s\"",
 				eth_dev->data->port_id, ifname);
 		else
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index c08894cd03..3e293216bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -2336,8 +2336,7 @@ uint64_t mlx5_get_restore_flags(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 /* mlx5_ethdev_os.c */
 
-int mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			char (*ifname)[MLX5_NAMESIZE]);
+int mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char ifname[MLX5_NAMESIZE]);
 unsigned int mlx5_ifindex(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_get_mac(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint8_t (*mac)[RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN]);
 int mlx5_get_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t *mtu);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/windows/mlx5_ethdev_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/windows/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
index 49f750be68..2e9c9d5b3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/windows/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/windows/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mlx5_get_mac(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint8_t (*mac)[RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN])
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
-mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char (*ifname)[MLX5_NAMESIZE])
+mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char ifname[MLX5_NAMESIZE])
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv;
 	mlx5_context_st *context_obj;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ mlx5_get_ifname(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, char (*ifname)[MLX5_NAMESIZE])
 	}
 	priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 	context_obj = (mlx5_context_st *)priv->sh->cdev->ctx;
-	strncpy(*ifname, context_obj->mlx5_dev.name, MLX5_NAMESIZE);
+	strncpy(ifname, context_obj->mlx5_dev.name, MLX5_NAMESIZE);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.48.1


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