[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] examples/ethtool: fix segfault querying non-PCI devices

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-11-30 10:47, Remy Horton:
> Doing a device information query on a non-PCI device such as
> vhost was resulting in the dereferencing of a NULL pointer
> (the absent PCI data), causing a segmentation fault.
> 
> Fixes: bda68ab9d1e7 ("examples/ethtool: add user-space ethtool sample application")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton at intel.com>
[...]
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
> @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ Libraries
>  Examples
>  ~~~~~~~~
>  
> +   * **examples/ethtool Fixed crash with non-PCI devices.**
> +     Querying a non-PCI device was dereferencing non-existent PCI data
> +     resulting in a segmentation fault.

indentation fixed here

Applied, thanks