> -----Original Message----- > From: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gmuthukri...@marvell.com> > Sent: Thursday 28 August 2025 10:42 > To: Finn, Emma <emma.f...@intel.com> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Ji, Kai <kai...@intel.com> > Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] examples/fips_validation: fix dangling > pointer for SHA test > > > Set vector pointer to NULL after free to avoid calling rte_free() on > > the same pointer twice in some cases. > > > > Signed-off-by: Emma Finn <emma.f...@intel.com> > > --- > > examples/fips_validation/main.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/examples/fips_validation/main.c > > b/examples/fips_validation/main.c index f21826e9d7..60ee9f8dd4 100644 > > --- a/examples/fips_validation/main.c > > +++ b/examples/fips_validation/main.c > > @@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ fips_mct_sha_test(void) > > rte_free(md[i].val); > > > > rte_free(vec.pt.val); > > - > > + vec.pt.val = NULL; > > Same could be the case for fips_mct_shake_test also. > Good catch, probably the same could happen with shake. I currently don’t have a way to test shake but I'm happy to make the change as part of this patch if you can test?
Thanks, Emma > Thanks, > Gowrishankar > > rte_free(val.val); > > return 0; > > } > > -- > > 2.34.1
