[PATCH v5 02/12] net/ixgbe: fix memory leak in security flows

[Radu Nicolau]

On 12-Feb-26 12:53 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> Currently, security flows are implemented as a special case and do not go
> through the normal flow create/destroy infrastructure. However, because of
> that, it is impossible to destroy such flows once created. Fix it by adding
> a flag to rte_flow indicating that it is a security flow, so that it can be
> destroyed later.
>
> Additionally, security flows return pointer to allocated `rte_flow` struct
> unconditionally, even though the underlying call to ipsec code might have
> failed. Fix that by checking the return value from the filter function
> before returning.
>
> Fixes: 9a0752f498d2 ("net/ixgbe: enable inline IPsec")
> Cc: radu.nicolau at intel.com
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau at intel.com>