[PATCH v3 2/9] net/pcap: avoid using rte_malloc and rte_memcpy

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Jan 13 20:23:34 CET 2026


No need to use rte_malloc or rte_memcpy in the short
code to get MAC address.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c
index 20556b3e92..32e4a2bee7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 #include <net/if_dl.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 
-#include <rte_malloc.h>
-#include <rte_memcpy.h>
-
 #include "pcap_osdep.h"
 
 int
@@ -41,19 +38,19 @@ osdep_iface_mac_get(const char *if_name, struct rte_ether_addr *mac)
 	if (len == 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	buf = rte_malloc(NULL, len, 0);
+	buf = malloc(len);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (sysctl(mib, 6, buf, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
-		rte_free(buf);
+		free(buf);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	ifm = (struct if_msghdr *)buf;
 	sdl = (struct sockaddr_dl *)(ifm + 1);
 
-	rte_memcpy(mac->addr_bytes, LLADDR(sdl), RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+	memcpy(mac->addr_bytes, LLADDR(sdl), RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
 
-	rte_free(buf);
+	free(buf);
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.51.0



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