[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] eal/linuxapp: check mmap return value MAP_FAILED
Sergio Gonzalez Monroy
sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com
Tue Aug 29 10:31:37 CEST 2017
On 28/08/2017 22:49, Seth Howell wrote:
> If mmap fails, it will return the value MAP_FAILED. Checking for this
> return code allows us to properly identify mmap failures and report
> them as such to the calling function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Howell <seth.howell at intel.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
> index 5279128..63fec29 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
> @@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ create_shared_memory(const char *filename, const size_t mem_size)
> }
> retval = mmap(NULL, mem_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
> close(fd);
> + if (retval == MAP_FAILED)
> + return NULL;
> return retval;
> }
>
Acked-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>
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