Re: [PATCH v4 11/27] net/i40e: avoid rte malloc in MAC/VLAN filtering

Bruce Richardson
2026-02-16T17:14:47Z

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 10:26:22AM +0000, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> Currently, when adding, removing, or configuring MAC and VLAN filters,
> we are using rte_zmalloc followed by an immediate rte_free. This is not
> needed as this memory is not being stored anywhere, so replace it with
> regular malloc/free.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 38 +++++++++++++--------------
> drivers/net/intel/i40e/rte_pmd_i40e.c | 16 +++++------
> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
As done on v3:
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>