[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] i40e: fix dereference before null check

Beilei Xing beilei.xing at intel.com
Thu Jun 30 09:35:10 CEST 2016


Null-checking vsi suggests that it may be null, but it
has be dereferenced before null-checking. So move if
statement to the front of assignment statement.

Fixes: d0a349409bd7 ("i40e: support AQ based RSS config")
Fixes: 647d1eaf758b ("i40evf: support AQ based RSS config")

Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c    | 7 +++++--
 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index eba6481..78ed6d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -2954,13 +2954,16 @@ i40e_get_rss_lut(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, uint8_t *lut, uint16_t lut_size)
 static int
 i40e_set_rss_lut(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, uint8_t *lut, uint16_t lut_size)
 {
-	struct i40e_pf *pf = I40E_VSI_TO_PF(vsi);
-	struct i40e_hw *hw = I40E_VSI_TO_HW(vsi);
+	struct i40e_pf *pf;
+	struct i40e_hw *hw;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!vsi || !lut)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	pf = I40E_VSI_TO_PF(vsi);
+	hw = I40E_VSI_TO_HW(vsi);
+
 	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_RSS_AQ_CAPABLE) {
 		ret = i40e_aq_set_rss_lut(hw, vsi->vsi_id, TRUE,
 					  lut, lut_size);
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
index 37af399..e9effc7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
@@ -2378,13 +2378,16 @@ i40evf_get_rss_lut(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, uint8_t *lut, uint16_t lut_size)
 static int
 i40evf_set_rss_lut(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, uint8_t *lut, uint16_t lut_size)
 {
-	struct i40e_vf *vf = I40E_VSI_TO_VF(vsi);
-	struct i40e_hw *hw = I40E_VSI_TO_HW(vsi);
+	struct i40e_vf *vf;
+	struct i40e_hw *hw;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!vsi || !lut)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	vf = I40E_VSI_TO_VF(vsi);
+	hw = I40E_VSI_TO_HW(vsi);
+
 	if (vf->flags & I40E_FLAG_RSS_AQ_CAPABLE) {
 		ret = i40e_aq_set_rss_lut(hw, vsi->vsi_id, FALSE,
 					  lut, lut_size);
-- 
2.5.0



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