Merge tag 'upstream/16.11.8' into 16.11.x

[deb_dpdk.git] / lib / librte_kni / rte_kni.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
index c3f9208..0c6641b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
+++ b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
@@ -678,6 +678,9 @@ rte_kni_get(const char *name)
        struct rte_kni_memzone_slot *it;
        struct rte_kni *kni;
 
+       if (name == NULL || name[0] == '\0')
+               return NULL;
+
        /* Note: could be improved perf-wise if necessary */
        for (i = 0; i < kni_memzone_pool.max_ifaces; i++) {
                it = &kni_memzone_pool.slots[i];