[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/bnxt: do not use possibly NULL pointers

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 2:00 AM Thierry Herbelot
<thierry.herbelot at 6wind.com> wrote:
>
> Check that pointers are valid before using them.
>
> Fixes: 7bc8e9a227ccb ("net/bnxt: support async link notification")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur at broadcom.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot at 6wind.com>

Modified the commit headline and applied to
dpdk-next-net-brcm/for-next-net branch.

Thanks

> ---
>  drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_irq.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_irq.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_irq.c
> index 8abbadb3d19d..fd8b8fac989a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_irq.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_irq.c
> @@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ void bnxt_int_handler(void *param)
>  {
>         struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = (struct rte_eth_dev *)param;
>         struct bnxt *bp = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
> -       struct bnxt_cp_ring_info *cpr = bp->async_cp_ring;
> +       struct bnxt_cp_ring_info *cpr;
>         struct cmpl_base *cmp;
>         uint32_t raw_cons;
>         uint32_t cons;
>
> +       if (bp == NULL)
> +               return;
> +       cpr = bp->async_cp_ring;
>         if (cpr == NULL)
>                 return;
>
> --
> 2.29.2
>