[PATCH] net/sfc: fix the argument to sizeof for unit cache

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Fri Feb 18 15:38:41 CET 2022


On 12/21/2021 6:41 AM, Weiguo Li wrote:
> The size of unit cache should be sizeof(**cache) instead of
> sizeof(*cache). Memory reallocation is inadequate by sizeof(*cache)
> for the platform whose size of pointer is 32-bits. Found by coccinelle
> (see https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website) script.
> 
> Fixes: 63abf8d29225 ("net/sfc: support SW stats groups")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Weiguo Li <liwg06 at foxmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/sfc/sfc_sw_stats.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_sw_stats.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_sw_stats.c
> index 70259660c0..81f5aa3cc4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_sw_stats.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_sw_stats.c
> @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ sfc_sw_xstats_configure(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
>   
>   	memset(*reset_vals, 0, nb_supported * sizeof(**reset_vals));
>   
> -	*cache = rte_realloc(*cache, cache_count * sizeof(*cache), 0);
> +	*cache = rte_realloc(*cache, cache_count * sizeof(**cache), 0);
>   	if (*cache == NULL) {
>   		rc = ENOMEM;
>   		goto fail_cache;


Hi Andrew, Ivan,

This patch seems missed, and it looks a valid fix to me.

Do you have any comment on patch?


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