[PATCH v7 1/4] net/iavf: fix MAC addresses leak on reset

David Marchand david.marchand at redhat.com
Mon Sep 14 10:17:22 CEST 2026


When resetting, calling iavf_dev_uninit + iavf_dev_init results in
leaking the previous dev->data->mac_addrs array.
As a consequence, secondary MAC addresses are lost during a VF reset.

Move the MAC addresses array in the private iavf_info structure, along
the multicast MAC addresses.
Set/clear dev->data->mac_addrs in iavf_dev_init/iavf_dev_uninit.

Consistently use RTE_DIM() to avoid mixing with the multicast addresses
array.

Fixes: e74e1bb6280d ("net/iavf: enable port reset")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf.h        |  3 +++
 drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c | 20 +++++++-------------
 drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c  | 10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf.h b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf.h
index 044de3cfd4..1d52b3d113 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf.h
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ struct iavf_info {
 	bool link_up;
 	uint32_t link_speed;
 
+	/* Unicast addrs */
+	struct rte_ether_addr mac_addrs[IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX];
+
 	/* Multicast addrs */
 	struct rte_ether_addr mc_addrs[IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX];
 	uint16_t mc_addrs_num;   /* Multicast mac addresses number */
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index 2ac4dbdac4..b498258d58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ iavf_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 	dev_info->hash_key_size = vf->vf_res->rss_key_size;
 	dev_info->reta_size = vf->vf_res->rss_lut_size;
 	dev_info->flow_type_rss_offloads = IAVF_RSS_OFFLOAD_ALL;
-	dev_info->max_mac_addrs = IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX;
+	dev_info->max_mac_addrs = RTE_DIM(vf->mac_addrs);
 	/*
 	 * Runtime queue setup can race with the hardware Tx rate limiter on
 	 * E810 VFs and corrupt queue state. Once a per-queue bandwidth rte_tm
@@ -3104,16 +3104,9 @@ iavf_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	/* set default ptype table */
 	iavf_set_default_ptype_table(eth_dev);
 
-	/* copy mac addr */
-	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = rte_zmalloc(
-		"iavf_mac", RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN * IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX, 0);
-	if (!eth_dev->data->mac_addrs) {
-		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to allocate %d bytes needed to"
-			     " store MAC addresses",
-			     RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN * IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX);
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto init_vf_err;
-	}
+	/* Point at the MAC addresses array from priv */
+	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = vf->mac_addrs;
+
 	/* If the MAC address is not configured by host,
 	 * generate a random one.
 	 */
@@ -3123,7 +3116,6 @@ iavf_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	rte_ether_addr_copy((struct rte_ether_addr *)hw->mac.addr,
 			&eth_dev->data->mac_addrs[0]);
 
-
 	if (vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_WB_ON_ITR &&
 			/* register callback func to eal lib */
 			rte_intr_callback_register(pci_dev->intr_handle,
@@ -3199,7 +3191,6 @@ iavf_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	iavf_phc_sync_alarm_stop(eth_dev);
 	rte_eal_alarm_cancel(iavf_dev_alarm_handler, eth_dev);
 
-	rte_free(eth_dev->data->mac_addrs);
 	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = NULL;
 
 init_vf_err:
@@ -3256,6 +3247,9 @@ iavf_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	adapter->closed = true;
 
+	/* Clear reference to the MAC addresses in priv */
+	dev->data->mac_addrs = NULL;
+
 	/* free iAVF security device context all related resources */
 	iavf_security_ctx_destroy(adapter);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
index e3120c655d..df97ff2052 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
@@ -1674,19 +1674,19 @@ iavf_config_irq_map_lv(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, uint16_t num)
 void
 iavf_add_del_all_mac_addr(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, bool add)
 {
+	struct iavf_info *vf = IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(adapter);
 	struct {
 		struct virtchnl_ether_addr_list list;
-		struct virtchnl_ether_addr addr[IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX];
+		struct virtchnl_ether_addr addr[RTE_DIM(vf->mac_addrs)];
 	} list_req = {0};
 	struct virtchnl_ether_addr_list *list = &list_req.list;
-	struct iavf_info *vf = IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(adapter);
 	uint8_t msg_buf[IAVF_AQ_BUF_SZ] = {0};
 	struct iavf_cmd_info args = {0};
-	int err, i;
+	int err;
 	size_t buf_len;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX; i++) {
-		struct rte_ether_addr *addr = &adapter->dev_data->mac_addrs[i];
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(vf->mac_addrs); i++) {
+		struct rte_ether_addr *addr = &vf->mac_addrs[i];
 		struct virtchnl_ether_addr *vc_addr = &list->list[list->num_elements];
 
 		/* ignore empty addresses */
-- 
2.54.0



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