[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 20.11] net/i40e: fix vf resource leakage problem

[Xueming(Steven) Li]

On Wed, 2021-09-08 at 03:53 +0000, Xing, Beilei wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Qiming Chen <chenqiming_huawei at 163.com>
> > Sent: Monday, September 6, 2021 3:12 PM
> > To: stable at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Qiming Chen
> > <chenqiming_huawei at 163.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH 20.11] net/i40e: fix vf resource leakage problem
> Please also refine the title.
> 
> > 
> > In the i40evf_dev_init function, when the MAC memory alloc fails, the
> > previously initialized vf resource is not released, resulting in leakage.
> > The patch calls the i40evf_uninit_vf function in the abnormal branch to
> > release resources.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5c9222058df7 ("i40e: move to drivers/net/")
> The fix commit should be " i40e: new poll mode driver".
> 
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Qiming Chen <chenqiming_huawei at 163.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > index 003d41373b..f64db72e9a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
> > @@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ i40evf_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> >  		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to allocate %d bytes needed to"
> >  				" store MAC addresses",
> >  				RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN *
> > I40E_NUM_MACADDR_MAX);
> > +		(void)i40evf_uninit_vf(eth_dev);
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> >  	}
> >  	rte_ether_addr_copy((struct rte_ether_addr *)hw->mac.addr,
> > --
> > 2.30.1.windows.1
> 
Hi Qiming,

To catch up v20.11.4, could you address Beilei's comments and send v2?