[dpdk-dev] [RFT] vmxnet3: coverity reported defect

[Neil Horman]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 08:36:18AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I noticed Coverity defect in DPDK number 124563 was assigned to me.
> 
> It looks like vmxnet3 driver code doesn't handle case where host incorrectly
> sends a frame with out setting SOP bit in first segment. This would lead to
> rxq->start_seq being NULL.
> 
> Maybe something like this would fix it.  I don't have VMware (or time) to test.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
> index 57557492e0f5..3118d94add90 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
> @@ -813,6 +813,13 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
>  
>  			RTE_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_BODY);
>  
> +			if (unlikely(start == NULL)) {
> +				PMD_RX_LOG(ERR, "Missing sop");
> +
> +				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rxm);
> +				goto rcd_done;
> +			}
> +
>  			start->pkt_len += rxm->data_len;
>  			start->nb_segs++;
>  
This looks reasonable to me, though my vmware instance is down at the moment, so
I'm unable to test
> 
> PS: the email for the VMXNET3 maintainer  Shrikrishna Khare <skhare at vmware.com> bounces.
> 
I think it needs to be updated to point at pv-drivers at vmware.com, thats what
they use in the kernel these days

Neil