[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: check for invalid device name
Zhang, Qi Z
qi.z.zhang at intel.com
Wed Mar 13 13:52:50 CET 2019
HI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 2:16 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: check for invalid device name
>
> Do not allow creating a ethernet device with a name over the allowed maximum
> (or zero length). This is safer than silently truncating which is what happens now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> ---
> v1 - previously sent as RFC
>
> lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> index 85c1794968dd..0b81980ff71c 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> @@ -439,6 +439,16 @@ rte_eth_dev_allocate(const char *name)
> uint16_t port_id;
> struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
>
> + if (*name) {
Is above check same as "strlen(name) == 0"?
> + RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Zero length Ethernet device name\n");
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + if (strnlen(name, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN) >=
> RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN) {
> + RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Ethernet device name is too long\n");
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> rte_eth_dev_shared_data_prepare();
>
> /* Synchronize port creation between primary and secondary threads. */
> --
> 2.17.1
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