19/11/2025 14:19, Morten Brørup: > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2025 14.04 > > > > After removing callback checks from ethdev fast path, > > some drivers crashed because tx_pkt_prepare was set to NULL. > > > > Some drivers (hns3, ngbe, txgbe) need to use > > rte_eth_tx_pkt_prepare_dummy > > when configuring queues. > > Other drivers (ntnic, softnic) does not need to set tx_pkt_prepare > > as it was set by eth_dev_set_dummy_fops() called by > > rte_eth_dev_allocate(). > > > > Bugzilla ID: 1834 > > Fixes: 066f3d9cc21c ("ethdev: remove callback checks from fast path") > > > > Reported-by: Jiawen Wu <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]> > > --- > > Searching for "tx_pkt_prepare = NULL;" finds a few more, but they are all in > driver cleanup functions, so... > Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <[email protected]>
Yes I am working on the cleanup side. But there is no bug in cleanup, it will be a cleanup of cleanup ;) So cleanup will be handled after 25.11 release.
