31/07/2017 15:40, Gaetan Rivet:
> The name of a device is copied in a provided buffer within
> rte_eth_dev_detach(). The current sizeof is done on a pointer instead of
> the intended array usually pointed to.
>
> The name field of an rte_device is not assured however to point an
> rte_devargs name field. The almost correct length to base this copy over
> is thus RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN.
>
> Almost correct, because unfortunately this function does not allow the
> user to pass down a size parameter for the buffer it is meant to write.
> This API should be fixed, it is broken by design.
>
> Fixes: a1e7c17555e8 ("ethdev: use device name from device structure")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com>
Applied, thanks
