From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C33C11D2F for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:22:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A6DB20732 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:22:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728348AbgBXRWq (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:22:46 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:58280 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727993AbgBXRVT (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:21:19 -0500 Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 40EAD222C3; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:21:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf.local.home with local (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1j6HPy-001AiE-66; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:21:18 -0500 Message-Id: <20200224172118.055465343@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:20:36 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Masami Hiramatsu , Tom Zanussi Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 14/15] bootconfig: Prohibit re-defining value on same key References: <20200224172022.330525468@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Masami Hiramatsu Currently, bootconfig adds a new value on the existing key to the tail of an array. But this looks a bit confusing because an admin can easily rewrite the original value in the same config file. This rejects the following value re-definition. key = value1 ... key = value2 You should rewrite value1 to value2 in this case. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/158227282199.12842.10110929876059658601.stgit@devnote2 Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu [ Fixed spelling of arraies to arrays ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 11 ++++++++++- lib/bootconfig.c | 13 ++++++++----- tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index dfeffa73dca3..57119fb69d36 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -62,7 +62,16 @@ Or more shorter, written as following:: In both styles, same key words are automatically merged when parsing it at boot time. So you can append similar trees or key-values. -Note that a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key. +Same-key Values +--------------- + +It is prohibited that two or more values or arrays share a same-key. +For example,:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key + +Also, a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key. For example, following config is NOT allowed.:: foo = value1 diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c index 54ac623ca781..2ef304db31f2 100644 --- a/lib/bootconfig.c +++ b/lib/bootconfig.c @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int __init __xbc_parse_keys(char *k) static int __init xbc_parse_kv(char **k, char *v) { struct xbc_node *prev_parent = last_parent; - struct xbc_node *node, *child; + struct xbc_node *child; char *next; int c, ret; @@ -590,15 +590,18 @@ static int __init xbc_parse_kv(char **k, char *v) return ret; child = xbc_node_get_child(last_parent); - if (child && xbc_node_is_key(child)) - return xbc_parse_error("Value is mixed with subkey", v); + if (child) { + if (xbc_node_is_key(child)) + return xbc_parse_error("Value is mixed with subkey", v); + else + return xbc_parse_error("Value is redefined", v); + } c = __xbc_parse_value(&v, &next); if (c < 0) return c; - node = xbc_add_sibling(v, XBC_VALUE); - if (!node) + if (!xbc_add_sibling(v, XBC_VALUE)) return -ENOMEM; if (c == ',') { /* Array */ diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e8d983a4563c --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +# Same key value is not allowed +key { + foo = value + bar = value2 +} +key.foo = value -- 2.25.0