Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] net/ixgbe: prevent crashes in secondary processes

["Medvedkin, Vladimir" <vladimir.medvedkin@intel.com>]

Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medvedkin@intel.com>

On 17/02/2025 13:54, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> Currently, the architecture of IXGBE base driver is such that it uses
> function pointers internally. These are not guaranteed to be valid in
> secondary processes, which can lead to crashes. This patch prevents IXGBE
> ethdev driver from calling into these functions.
>
> Bugzilla ID: 1575
>
> Fixes: af75078fece3 ("first public release")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst              |  14 ++
>   drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 242 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 256 insertions(+)
>
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Regards,
Vladimir