14/03/2024 10:36, Mingjin Ye:
> Inserting a vdev device when the device arguments are already stored
> in devargs_list, the rte_devargs_insert function replaces the supplied
> new devargs with the found devargs and frees the new devargs. As a
> result, the use of free devargs results in a core dump.
>
> This patch fixes the issue by using valid devargs.
>
> Fixes: f3a1188cee4a ("devargs: make device representation generic")
> Cc: [email protected]
>
> Signed-off-by: Mingjin Ye <[email protected]>
> ---
> dev->device.bus = &rte_vdev_bus;
> dev->device.numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
> - dev->device.name = devargs->name;
>
> if (find_vdev(name)) {
> /*
> @@ -300,6 +299,7 @@ insert_vdev(const char *name, const char *args, struct
> rte_vdev_device **p_dev)
>
> rte_devargs_insert(&devargs);
> dev->device.devargs = devargs;
> + dev->device.name = devargs->name;
> TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vdev_device_list, dev, next);
How setting the name later can have an impact here?