[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ixgbe: fix the wrong address of device data pointer

Wu, Jingjing jingjing.wu at intel.com
Thu Mar 24 07:48:54 CET 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wenzhuo Lu
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 2:37 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ixgbe: fix the wrong address of device data
> pointer
> 
> There's an issue reported. In the scenario DPDK PF + DPDK VF, if the VF port
> is closed, PF port cannot receive packets.
> I found at that time the promicuous mode is disabled on the PF port. But it
> should be enabled.
> When VF port is closed, it will send a message to its PF port to reset it. During
> this, PF port will also reset its own promicuous mode. Which promiscuous
> mode should be set depends on the parameter stored in the device data. In
> the function set_rx_mode, the pointer of device data points to the wrong
> address. So, the promiscuous mode is wrong.
> 
> Fixes: 00e30184daa0("ixgbe: add PF support")
> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
> Reported-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> index b854c72..0f8ad55 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
> @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static void
>  set_rx_mode(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  {
>  	struct rte_eth_dev_data *dev_data =
> -		(struct rte_eth_dev_data*)dev->data->dev_private;
> +		(struct rte_eth_dev_data *)dev->data;
Cast is unnecessary here.

/Jingjing
>  	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data-
> >dev_private);
>  	u32 fctrl, vmolr = IXGBE_VMOLR_BAM | IXGBE_VMOLR_AUPE;
>  	uint16_t vfn = dev_num_vf(dev);
> --
> 1.9.3



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