[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ether: fix invalid string length in ethdev name comparison

[Mohammad Abdul Awal]

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.awal at 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