[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/vmxnet3: handle bad host framing

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/13/2020 11:24 PM, Yong Wang wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 1:40 PM
> To: Yong Wang <yongwang at vmware.com>
> Cc: "dev at dpdk.org" <dev at dpdk.org>, Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [PATCH] net/vmxnet3: handle bad host framing
> 
>     The VMXNet3 protocol has a start-of-packet (SOP) and end-of-packet (EOP)
>     marker. If there was a bug where mbuf arrived without SOP the code
>     that chains the mbuf would dereference a null pointer.
>     Also, record any mbuf's dropped in statistics.
> 
>     Although did the initial code no longer have access to VMware.
>     Compile tested only!
> 
>     Coverity issue: 124563
>     Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>     ---
> 
> <Acked-by> Yong Wang <yongwang at vmware.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.