On 4/10/26 3:25 PM, Mikhail Dmitrichenko wrote:
> Hi Kevin!
> 
> Thank you very much for the review! I sent an updated version of patch
> but unfortunately it created a new thread
> https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2026-April/431643.html

New thread is actually the custom for ovs dev mailing list so you
aligned with it, even if it was not deliberate :-)

> in mail list.. Previously, I sent my patch simply from gmail web client
> and maybe it caused problems with weird wrapping, sorry for that, I
> will never do it again. Now I configured sending via git send-email,
> so I hope this time everything will be better. Sorry again for such a
> mess.
> 

No problem at all. Yes, gmail may cause that. Thanks for the new version.

> Best regards,
> Mikhail Dmitrichenko
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/3/26 1:07 PM, Mikhail Dmitrichenko wrote:
>>> From 81def5ff65881ce6cb4ccdd23a34da8a2870568f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Mikhail Dmitrichenko <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 14:19:13 +0300
>>> Subject: [PATCH] netdev-dpdk: Fix possible memory leak when configuring
>>>  rx-steering
>>>
>>> VLOG_WARN_BUF() allocates a new string with xasprintf() every time it is
>>> called and overwrites *errp without freeing the previous value. This can
>>> lead to a memory leak if multiple warnings are emitted or if a later
>>> hard error in netdev_dpdk_set_config() also writes
>>> to errp.
>>>
>>> The three cases in dpdk_set_rx_steer_config() are not fatal errors:
>>> - unsupported rx-steering value
>>> - rss+lacp on non-ethernet port
>>> - rss+lacp together with hw-offload
>>>
>>> In all cases program simply log a warning and fall back to default RSS
>>> steering. Configuration continues normally (err remains 0 and execution
>>> flow do not goto out).
>>>
>>> Therefore change them to plain VLOG_WARN(). As a result the 'errp'
>>> parameter becomes unused and is removed from the function signature and
>>> the call site in netdev_dpdk_set_config().
>>>
>>> This makes the code cleaner and consistent with the rest of netdev-dpdk.
>>>
>>> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Mikhail,
>>
>> Thank you for the fix. Indeed, we don't need to set errp for these cases
>> and it could cause a potential leak in the event of multiple config issues.
>>
>> It looks like there is some wrapping in the email on the @@'s which
>> confused patchwork [0] and I wasn't able to apply the patch as sent.
>>
>> Would you be able to send a v2 without wrapping ? (Also, if you are
>> re-sending there is a couple of minor style items below)
>>
>> If you have problems sending in correct format, let me know and I can
>> fix it up locally.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Kevin.
>>
>> [0]
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openvswitch/patch/CAJBeyFHrv+xMV0qivRC=aazrzqgks6dox0kzjrhzaofdpta...@mail.gmail.com/
>>
>>> Fixes: fc06ea ("netdev-dpdk: Add custom rx-steering configuration.")
>>
>> We typically use longer hash
>> fc06ea9a1883 ("netdev-dpdk: Add custom rx-steering configuration.")
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Dmitrichenko <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>>  lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
>>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
>>> index 54959ff0d..9fbb204ef 100644
>>> --- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
>>> +++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
>>> @@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ dpdk_process_queue_size(struct netdev *netdev,
>>> const struct smap *args,
>>>
>>
>> ^^^ e.g. line wrapping here and break is confusing patchwork/git am.
>>
>>>  static void
>>>  dpdk_set_rx_steer_config(struct netdev *netdev, struct netdev_dpdk *dev,
>>> -                         const struct smap *args, char **errp)
>>> +                         const struct smap *args)
>>>  {
>>>      const char *arg = smap_get_def(args, "rx-steering", "rss");
>>>      uint64_t flags = 0;
>>> @@ -2259,22 +2259,22 @@ dpdk_set_rx_steer_config(struct netdev
>>> *netdev, struct netdev_dpdk *dev,
>>>      if (!strcmp(arg, "rss+lacp")) {
>>>          flags = DPDK_RX_STEER_LACP;
>>>      } else if (strcmp(arg, "rss")) {
>>> -        VLOG_WARN_BUF(errp, "%s: options:rx-steering "
>>> -                      "unsupported parameter value '%s'",
>>> -                      netdev_get_name(netdev), arg);
>>> +        VLOG_WARN("%s: options:rx-steering "
>>> +                  "unsupported parameter value '%s'",
>>
>> We don't need to wrap the string anymore
>>
>>> +                  netdev_get_name(netdev), arg);
>>>      }
>>>
>>>      if (flags && dev->type != DPDK_DEV_ETH) {
>>> -        VLOG_WARN_BUF(errp, "%s: options:rx-steering "
>>> -                      "is only supported on ethernet ports",
>>> -                      netdev_get_name(netdev));
>>> +        VLOG_WARN("%s: options:rx-steering "
>>> +                  "is only supported on ethernet ports",
>>> +                  netdev_get_name(netdev));
>>>          flags = 0;
>>>      }
>>>
>>>      if (flags && dpif_offload_enabled()) {
>>> -        VLOG_WARN_BUF(errp, "%s: options:rx-steering "
>>> -                      "is incompatible with hw-offload",
>>> -                      netdev_get_name(netdev));
>>> +        VLOG_WARN("%s: options:rx-steering "
>>> +                  "is incompatible with hw-offload",
>>
>> We don't need to wrap the string anymore
>>
>>> +                  netdev_get_name(netdev));
>>>          flags = 0;
>>>      }
>>>
>>> @@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ netdev_dpdk_set_config(struct netdev *netdev,
>>> const struct smap *args,
>>>      ovs_mutex_lock(&dpdk_mutex);
>>>      ovs_mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
>>>
>>> -    dpdk_set_rx_steer_config(netdev, dev, args, errp);
>>> +    dpdk_set_rx_steer_config(netdev, dev, args);
>>>
>>>      dpdk_set_rxq_config(dev, args);
>>>
>>
> 

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