[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] rte_ethdev: fix crash if malloc fails in rte_eth_dev_callback_register

[Stephen Hemminger]

Found by coccinelle script.  If rte_zmalloc() failed in rte_eth_dev_callback_register
then NULL pointer would be dereferenced.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index ddf3658..aa363be 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -2929,9 +2929,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_callback_register(uint8_t port_id,
 	}
 
 	/* create a new callback. */
-	if (user_cb == NULL &&
-	    (user_cb = rte_zmalloc("INTR_USER_CALLBACK",
-				   sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_callback), 0))) {
+	if (!user_cb)
+	    user_cb = rte_zmalloc("INTR_USER_CALLBACK",
+				  sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_callback), 0);
+	if (user_cb) {
 		user_cb->cb_fn = cb_fn;
 		user_cb->cb_arg = cb_arg;
 		user_cb->event = event;
-- 
2.1.4