Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] 9p: Convert use of atoi to qemu_strtol to allow error checking

[Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 07:12:52 -0500
Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 03/11/2018 03:12 PM, Nia Alarie wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Nia Alarie <nia.alarie@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   hw/9pfs/9p.c | 12 ++++++++++--
> >   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >   
> 
> >       } else if (perm & P9_STAT_MODE_LINK) {
> > -        int32_t ofid = atoi(extension.data);
> > -        V9fsFidState *ofidp = get_fid(pdu, ofid);
> > +        long ofid;
> > +        V9fsFidState *ofidp;
> > +
> > +        if (qemu_strtol(extension.data, NULL, 10, &ofid) ||
> > +            ofid > INT32_MAX || ofid < INT32_MIN) {  
> 
> Dan has a pending patch that will add qemu_strtoi, which might be a 
> nicer fit for this situation:
> 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-02/msg00952.html
> 
> int32_t is not necessarily int, but all platforms that compile qemu have 
> 'int32_t' and 'int' both at 32 bits, so it's simpler to change to 'int 
> ofid' and use Dan's function than it is to parse to long and then do 
> bounds checking.  Except that Dan still needs to post an updated version 
> of his patch...
> 

I wasn't aware of Dan's patch but I agree it would result in a nicer
change for 9p. This being said, tomorrow is soft freeze... is there
a chance Dan's patch reaches master anytime soon ?