Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference

2019-07-16 Thread Carrillo, Erik G
> -Original Message- > From: Bruce Richardson > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 3:31 AM > To: Carrillo, Erik G > Cc: 'Stephen Hemminger' ; > 'tho...@monjalon.net' ; 'dev@dpdk.org' > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix nu

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference

2019-07-16 Thread Bruce Richardson
ct: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference > > > > Hi Stephen, > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Stephen Hemminger > > > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 10:49 AM > > > To: Carrillo, Erik G > > > Cc:

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference

2019-07-15 Thread Carrillo, Erik G
> -Original Message- > From: Carrillo, Erik G > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 11:04 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger > Cc: tho...@monjalon.net; dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference > > Hi Stephen, >

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference

2019-07-15 Thread Carrillo, Erik G
Hi Stephen, > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Hemminger > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 10:49 AM > To: Carrillo, Erik G > Cc: tho...@monjalon.net; dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference > > On M

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference

2019-07-15 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:39:31 -0500 Erik Gabriel Carrillo wrote: > If the timer subsystem is not initialized before rte_timer_manage (for > example) is invoked, a pointer to a shared hugepage memory region will > still be null and dereferenced when it is checked for validity; handle > this case. >

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] timer: fix null pointer dereference

2019-07-15 Thread Erik Gabriel Carrillo
If the timer subsystem is not initialized before rte_timer_manage (for example) is invoked, a pointer to a shared hugepage memory region will still be null and dereferenced when it is checked for validity; handle this case. Fixes: c0749f7096c7 ("timer: allow management in shared memory") Cc: sta..