On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 03:23:19AM -0400, Khadem Ullah wrote:
> Hi Dariusz,
> 
> Yes, you are right — I believe this has been fixed since DPDK v24.11 by the 
> commit you mentioned:
> https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/commit/c30b356a4d48542fe99c47aa470afc8cd1ced9f5
> 
> Previously, this appeared to be an edge case where a segfault was triggered 
> when a transfer rule was created (even when not using switchdev). But as 
> confirmed, recent versions (v24.11.2 and newer) now correctly return ENOTSUP 
> or a validation error instead of crashing.
> 
> I understand that transfer rules are only valid in switchdev mode, and that 
> using them outside that context is unsupported. I encountered the segfault 
> when testing this specific combination, but it seems the issue has been 
> properly addressed now in the latest versions.
> 
> Thanks for confirming!
> 
> Best regards,
> Khadem Ullah

No problem, happy to help.

Best regards,
Dariusz Sosnowski

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