[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mempool: fix corruption due to invalid handler

[Yuanhan Liu]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 10:29:57AM -0500, Weiliang Luo wrote:
> When using rte_mempool_create(), the mempool handler is selected
> depending on the flags given by the user:
>   - multi-consumer / multi-producer
>   - multi-consumer / single-producer
>   - single-consumer / multi-producer
>   - single-consumer / single-producer
> 
> The flags were not properly tested, resulting in the selection of sc/sp
> handler if sc/mp or mc/sp was asked. This can lead to corruption or
> crashes because the get/put operations are not atomic.
> 
> Fixes: 449c49b93a6b ("mempool: support handler operations")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Weiliang Luo <droidluo at gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>

FYI, this patch has been applied to stable branch v16.07.

It hasn't been pushed to http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/ yet.
It will be pushed if I get no objections in around TWO days. So 
please shutout if you have objections.

Thanks.

	--yliu