The current code compares two strings upto the length of 1st string (searched name). If the 1st string is prefix of 2nd string (existing name), the string comparison returns the port_id of earliest prefix matches. This patch fixes the bug by comparing the strings upto the length of larger string.
Fixes: 9c5b8d8b9fe ("ethdev: clean port id retrieval when attaching") Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.a...@intel.com> --- lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c index 0590f0c..8e8097b 100644 --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c @@ -563,17 +563,20 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(uint16_t port_id, char *name) int rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char *name, uint16_t *port_id) { - uint32_t pid; + uint32_t pid, len, len1, len2; if (name == NULL) { RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Null pointer is specified\n"); return -EINVAL; } + len1 = strlen(name); for (pid = 0; pid < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS; pid++) { + len2 = strlen(rte_eth_dev_shared_data->data[pid].name); + len = len1 > len2 ? len1 : len2; if (rte_eth_devices[pid].state != RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED && !strncmp(name, rte_eth_dev_shared_data->data[pid].name, - strlen(name))) { + len)) { *port_id = pid; return 0; } -- 2.7.4