[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] net/virtio: fix add pointer checking

[zhiyong . yang]

It is necessary to add pointer checking because in some case the
code will cause crash. For example, the code goes here before
memory allocation of rxvq is finished.

Fixes: 7365504f77e3("net/virtio: support guest announce")
Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Zhiyong Yang <zhiyong.y...@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c 
b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 884f74ad0..f377d8aa3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -1273,9 +1273,13 @@ static void
 virtio_notify_peers(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
        struct virtio_hw *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
-       struct virtnet_rx *rxvq = dev->data->rx_queues[0];
+       struct virtnet_rx *rxvq;
        struct rte_mbuf *rarp_mbuf;
 
+       if (!dev->data->rx_queues)
+               return;
+
+       rxvq = dev->data->rx_queues[0];
        rarp_mbuf = rte_net_make_rarp_packet(rxvq->mpool,
                        (struct ether_addr *)hw->mac_addr);
        if (rarp_mbuf == NULL) {
-- 
2.14.3