[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] hash: fix dereference before null check

[Dharmik Thakkar]

Hi Yunjian,

Thank you for fixing the issue!

> On Oct 27, 2020, at 7:51 AM, wangyunjian <wangyunjian at huawei.com> wrote:
>
> From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>
>
> Coverity flags that 'h' variable is used before
> it's checked for NULL. This patch fixes this issue.
>
> Coverity issue: 363625
> Fixes: 769b2de7fb52 ("hash: implement RCU resources reclamation")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c b/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
> index 7514e33aa9..1191dfd81a 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
> @@ -1515,15 +1515,16 @@ rte_hash_rcu_qsbr_add(struct rte_hash *h, struct rte_hash_rcu_config *cfg)
> struct rte_rcu_qsbr_dq_parameters params = {0};
> char rcu_dq_name[RTE_RCU_QSBR_DQ_NAMESIZE];
> struct rte_hash_rcu_config *hash_rcu_cfg = NULL;
> -const uint32_t total_entries = h->use_local_cache ?
> -h->entries + (RTE_MAX_LCORE - 1) * (LCORE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) + 1
> -: h->entries + 1;
>
> if (h == NULL || cfg == NULL || cfg->v == NULL) {
> rte_errno = EINVAL;
> return 1;
> }
>
> +const uint32_t total_entries = h->use_local_cache ?
> +h->entries + (RTE_MAX_LCORE - 1) * (LCORE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) + 1
> +: h->entries + 1;
> +
> if (h->hash_rcu_cfg) {
> rte_errno = EEXIST;
> return 1;
> —
> 2.23.0
>


Reviewed-by: Dharmik Thakkar <dharmik.thakkar at arm.com>

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