[PATCH v5 2/2] net/zxdh: add support flow director ops

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:33:17 +0800
fengchengwen <fengchengwen at huawei.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On 8/15/2025 12:59 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:52:42 +0800
> > Bingbin Chen <chen.bingbin at zte.com.cn> wrote:
> >   
> >> +		} else {
> >> +			entry = calloc(1, sizeof(struct rte_flow));
> >> +			entry_flow = calloc(1, sizeof(struct zxdh_flow));
> >> +			TAILQ_FOREACH(entry, &hw->dh_flow_list, next) {
> >> +				entry_flow = (struct zxdh_flow *)entry->driver_flow;
> >> +				offlow_key_dump(&entry_flow->flowentry.fd_flow.key,
> >> +						&entry_flow->flowentry.fd_flow.key_mask, file);
> >> +				offlow_result_dump(&entry_flow->flowentry.fd_flow.result, file);
> >> +			}
> >> +			rte_free(entry_flow);
> >> +			rte_free(entry)  
> > 
> > Use the right free function!
> > 
> > ==== 20 line log output for Ubuntu 24.04 (dpdk_unit_test): ====
> > ../drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_flow.c:641:36: note: returned from 'calloc'
> > 641 |                         key_mask = calloc(1, sizeof(struct fd_flow_key) * ZXDH_MAX_FLOW_NUM);
> > |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ../drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_flow.c:689:9: error: 'rte_free' called on pointer returned from a mismatched allocation function [-Werror=mismatched-dealloc]
> > 689 |         rte_free(key);
> > |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ../drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_flow.c:640:31: note: returned from 'calloc'
> > 640 |                         key = calloc(1, sizeof(struct fd_flow_key) * ZXDH_MAX_FLOW_NUM);
> > |                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ../drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_flow.c:690:9: error: 'rte_free' called on pointer returned from a mismatched allocation function [-Werror=mismatched-dealloc]
> > 690 |         rte_free(fd_entry);
> > |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ../drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_flow.c:639:36: note: returned from 'calloc'
> > 639 |                         fd_entry = calloc(1, sizeof(ZXDH_DTB_ACL_ENTRY_INFO_T) * ZXDH_MAX_FLOW_NUM);
> > |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors  
> 
> Just curiosity, which test catch this error? There are no driver rte_flow API test in meson test as I know.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

It is caught at compile time with any recent version of Gcc or Clang and glibc.
The function attributes used hint the compiler on what the object free routine is.