[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: avoid usage of uninit device info in bad port case

[Andrew Rybchenko]

rte_eth_dev_info_get() returns void and caller does know if the function
does its job or not. Changing of the return value to int would be
API/ABI breakage which requires deprecation process and cannot be
backported to stable branches. For now, make sure that device info is
initialized even in the case of invalid port ID.

Fixes: a30268e9a2d0 ("ethdev: reset whole dev info structure before filling")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
---
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 64191737c..17d183e1f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -2552,10 +2552,15 @@ rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 		.nb_mtu_seg_max = UINT16_MAX,
 	};
 
+	/*
+	 * Init dev_info before port_id check since caller does not have
+	 * return status and does not know if get is successful or not.
+	 */
+	memset(dev_info, 0, sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_info));
+
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_RET(port_id);
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
 
-	memset(dev_info, 0, sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_info));
 	dev_info->rx_desc_lim = lim;
 	dev_info->tx_desc_lim = lim;
 	dev_info->device = dev->device;
-- 
2.17.1