[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] ethdev: fix null pointer checking
Mohammad Abdul Awal
mohammad.abdul.awal at intel.com
Thu Apr 4 10:33:05 CEST 2019
On 03/04/2019 18:32, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 6:53 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com
> <mailto:ferruh.yigit at intel.com>> wrote:
>
> On 4/3/2019 5:41 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 05:35:22PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> >> On 4/3/2019 5:27 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>> 03/04/2019 18:07, Mohammad Abdul Awal:
> >>>> Null value for parameter name will cause segfault for the
> strnlen and
> >>>> strcmp functions.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure we want such obvious checks for all APIs. Here I
> would
> >>> say yes.
> >>
> >> These are internal functions, not APIs. I am for verifying
> input for
> >> (all) APIs but not for internal functions, drivers should call
> them and
> >> they are in our control, if they are passing NULL we can fix
> them :)
> >>
> > True, but if these are control path or init time code paths
> rather than
> > data path APIs, I don't see the harm in putting in the checks.
>
> No harm from performance point of view, agree, but also looks
> unnecessary to me.
>
>
> +1
> All the more when you see the following patches that adds input checks
> in the faulty/too naive drivers.
>
>
> --
> David Marchand
Self-NACK to the patch considering the discussion above.
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