The rte_pktmbuf_free() allows for NULL mbuf pointer, but when sanity check is enabled it will panic with null pointer.
Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wi...@intel.com> --- lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c index 7543662f7..58184c4f4 100644 --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c @@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ rte_mbuf_sanity_check(const struct rte_mbuf *m, int is_header) const struct rte_mbuf *m_seg; unsigned int nb_segs; - if (m == NULL) - rte_panic("mbuf is NULL\n"); + /* Calling with NULL is valid in the API */ + if (!m) + return; /* generic checks */ if (m->pool == NULL) @@ -243,6 +244,11 @@ rte_pktmbuf_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mbuf *m, unsigned dump_len) __rte_mbuf_sanity_check(m, 1); + if (!m || !f) { + fprintf(stderr, "MBUF and/or FILE pointer is NULL\n"); + return; + } + fprintf(f, "dump mbuf at %p, iova=%"PRIx64", buf_len=%u\n", m, (uint64_t)m->buf_iova, (unsigned)m->buf_len); fprintf(f, " pkt_len=%"PRIu32", ol_flags=%"PRIx64", nb_segs=%u, " -- 2.14.1