[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ice: fix dereferenced null pointer

Simei Su simei.su at intel.com
Mon Oct 11 10:25:25 CEST 2021


This patch fixes coverity issue by avoiding use of null pointer
in taking false branch.

Coverity issue: 373360
Fixes: 437dbd2fd428 ("net/ice: support 1PPS")

Signed-off-by: Simei Su <simei.su at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
index 65e43a1..170a127 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
@@ -1854,18 +1854,18 @@ parse_pin_set(const char *input, int pps_type, struct ice_devargs *devargs)
 		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
 		if (end == NULL || idx >= ICE_MAX_PIN_NUM)
 			return -1;
+		while (isblank(*end))
+			end++;
+		if (*end != ']')
+			return -1;
 
 		devargs->pin_idx = idx;
 		devargs->pps_out_ena = 1;
-	}
-
-	while (isblank(*end))
-		end++;
 
-	if (*end != ']')
-		return -1;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int
-- 
2.9.5



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