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net/mlx5: fix ASO CT object release
authorMichael Baum <michaelba@nvidia.com>
Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:34:54 +0000 (11:34 +0200)
committerRaslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>
Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:36:39 +0000 (11:36 +0100)
commitce12974cce72b416135d16a5fa1f4d41cd1d4163
tree97a182c97d30d803d94c99adeae9ab26eacba387
parentad9d0c6395abf9793f328f571338fbe6a61f5ebe
net/mlx5: fix ASO CT object release

The ASO connection tracking structure is initialized once for sharing
device context.

Its release takes place in the close function which is called for each
ethdev individually. i.e. when there is more than one ethdev under the
same sharing device context, it will be destroyed when one of them is
closed. If the other wants to use it later, it may cause it to crash.

In addition, the creation of this structure is performed in the spawn
function. If one of the creations of the objects following it fails, it
is supposed to be destroyed but this does not happen.

This patch moves its release to the sharing device context free function
and thus solves both problems.

Fixes: 0af8a2298a42 ("net/mlx5: release connection tracking management")
Fixes: ee9e5fad03eb ("net/mlx5: initialize connection tracking management")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Baum <michaelba@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c