Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/octeontx_ep: do not use a NULL Pointer

[Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 2:30 PM Thierry Herbelot
<thierry.herbelot@6wind.com> wrote:
>
> mz is known to be NULL: do not use it to print a memzone name.
>
> Fixes: 242e18c056890 ("net/octeontx_ep: add Rx queue setup and release")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> Cc: Nalla Pradeep <pnalla@marvell.com>
> Cc: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <radhac@marvell.com>
> Cc: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com>

Changed the git log to following and Applied to
dpdk-next-net-mrvl/for-next-net. Thanks

Author: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com>
Date:   Mon May 24 10:59:35 2021 +0200

    net/octeontx_ep: fix null pointer access

    mz is known to be NULL. Do not use it to print a memzone name.

    Fixes: 242e18c056890 ("net/octeontx_ep: add Rx queue setup and release")
    Cc: stable@dpdk.org

    Signed-off-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/octeontx_ep/otx_ep_rxtx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx_ep/otx_ep_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/octeontx_ep/otx_ep_rxtx.c
> index 28ff74d2d5b0..a7d433547e36 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/octeontx_ep/otx_ep_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/octeontx_ep/otx_ep_rxtx.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ otx_ep_dmazone_free(const struct rte_memzone *mz)
>         int ret = 0;
>
>         if (mz == NULL) {
> -               otx_ep_err("Memzone %s : NULL\n", mz->name);
> +               otx_ep_err("Memzone: NULL\n");
>                 return;
>         }
>
> --
> 2.29.2
>