[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/vhost_blk: fix unchecked return value

wangyunjian wangyunjian at huawei.com
Fri Sep 25 13:22:06 CEST 2020


From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>

This checks the return value from the function
rte_vhost_driver_start.

Coverity issue: 362027
Fixes: c19beb3f38cd ("examples/vhost_blk: introduce vhost storage sample")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>
---
 examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
index f4c59437a..8f5d61a58 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
@@ -877,7 +877,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
 
-	rte_vhost_driver_start(dev_pathname);
+	ret = rte_vhost_driver_start(dev_pathname);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to start vhost driver.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	/* loop for exit the application */
 	while (1)
-- 
2.23.0



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