[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix ether header size calculation

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 10:13:04AM +0000, Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula wrote:
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> 
> Fix ether header size calculation in Tx only mode.
> 
> Coverity issue: 337684
> Fixes: 01b645dcff7f ("app/testpmd: move txonly prepare in separate function")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> ---
>  app/test-pmd/txonly.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> index 66e63788a..a9c27be3e 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ pkt_burst_prepare(struct rte_mbuf *pkt, struct rte_mempool *mbp,
>  	/*
>  	 * Copy headers in first packet segment(s).
>  	 */
> -	copy_buf_to_pkt(eth_hdr, sizeof(eth_hdr), pkt, 0);
> +	copy_buf_to_pkt(eth_hdr, sizeof(struct ether_hdr), pkt, 0);

Would a simpler fix not be to change "sizeof(eth_hdr)" to
"sizeof(*eth_hdr)"? It would keep the logical connection between the
destination and destination size, and make future refactoring easier.

/Bruce