Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:00:16 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5] net: thunderx: rework mac addresses list to u64 array | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@caviumnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 06:24:48 -0700
> From: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@cavium.com> > > It is too expensive to pass u64 values via linked list, instead > allocate array for them by overall number of mac addresses from netdev. > > This eventually removes multiple kmalloc() calls, aviod memory > fragmentation and allow to put single null check on kmalloc > return value in order to prevent a potential null pointer dereference. > > Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1467429 ("Dereference null return value") > Fixes: 37c3347eb247 ("net: thunderx: add ndo_set_rx_mode callback implementation for VF") > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> > Signed-off-by: Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@cavium.com>
Applied, thanks.
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