Re: [PATCH] net/ice: fix overflow on storing device args

["Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>]

On 9/14/2026 5:30 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Boolean device args to ice driver are sometimes stored as an int and
> sometimes as a uint8_t. The parse bool function stores them as an int,
> leading to overflow when storing a uint8_t value.
> 
> Fix all these by standardizing on "bool" type, both for the arg values
> in the structure and inside the parsing function.
> 
> Bugzilla ID: 2037
> Fixes: 603beeb970b5 ("net/ice: add safe mode devarg")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
> Note: this fix is superceded by the kvargs numeric args patchset [1].
> However, that patchset relies on new kvargs features unlikely to be
> backported, so this standalone fix is useful for backporting or if the
> whole other set doesn't make the 26.11 release.
> 
> [1] https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=39247
> ---


Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>

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Thanks,
Anatoly