[PATCH 1/3] net/ice: check for null before dereferencing

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:38:21AM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> When commiting a new Tx scheduler hierarchy we assume the user has
> created a root node. However if they have not, it leads to an invalid
> memory access. While this would be an invalid configuration by the user
> we should still prevent the invalid memory access from happening. Do so
> by ensuring the root node is non null before dereferencing.
> 
> Fixes: 715d449a965b ("net/ice: enhance Tx scheduler hierarchy support")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>