[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: fix wrong sizeof argument in malloc function

[Van Haaren, Harry]

> From: Kozak, KubaX
> Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 6:22 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren at intel.com>; Jain, Deepak K <deepak.k.jain at intel.com>;
> Jastrzebski, MichalX K <michalx.k.jastrzebski at intel.com>; Kozak, KubaX <kubax.kozak at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] ethdev: fix wrong sizeof argument in malloc function
> 
> From: Michal Jastrzebski <michalx.k.jastrzebski at intel.com>
> 
> Coverity reported that an argument for sizeof was used improperly.
> We should allocate memory for value size that pointer points to,
> instead of pointer size itself.
> 
> Coverity issue: 144522
> Fixes: 79c913a42f0e ("ethdev: retrieve xstats by ID")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Jastrzebski <michalx.k.jastrzebski at intel.com>

Please consider merging these in 17.05, this is an important fix for 32 bit systems.

Acked-by: Harry van Haaren <harry.van.haaren at intel.com>


This patch fixes a bug of the same as detailed here:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-May/065487.html