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Tsirkin" , Marcel Apfelbaum , Alex Williamson , =?utf-8?Q?C=C3=A9dric?= Le Goater , Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, Zhao Liu Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] hw/mem/cxl_type3: Fix missing ERRP_GUARD() in ct3_realize() In-Reply-To: <20240221094317.994454-4-zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com> (Zhao Liu's message of "Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:43:14 +0800") References: <20240221094317.994454-1-zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com> <20240221094317.994454-4-zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:35:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87zfvuuk18.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.6 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.05, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:15:26 -0000 Zhao Liu writes: > From: Zhao Liu > > As the comment in qapi/error, dereferencing @errp requires > ERRP_GUARD(): > > * = Why, when and how to use ERRP_GUARD() = > * > * Without ERRP_GUARD(), use of the @errp parameter is restricted: > * - It must not be dereferenced, because it may be null. > * - It should not be passed to error_prepend() or > * error_append_hint(), because that doesn't work with &error_fatal. > * ERRP_GUARD() lifts these restrictions. > * > * To use ERRP_GUARD(), add it right at the beginning of the function. > * @errp can then be used without worrying about the argument being > * NULL or &error_fatal. > * > * Using it when it's not needed is safe, but please avoid cluttering > * the source with useless code. > > Currently, since ct3_realize() - as a PCIDeviceClass.realize() method - > doesn't get the NULL errp parameter, it doesn't trigger the dereference > issue. > > To follow the requirement of errp, add missing ERRP_GUARD() in > ct3_realize(). > > Suggested-by: Markus Armbruster > Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu > --- > Suggested by credit: > Markus: Referred his explanation about ERRP_GUARD(). > --- > hw/mem/cxl_type3.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c b/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c > index e8801805b90f..a3b0761f843b 100644 > --- a/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c > +++ b/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c > @@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ static DOEProtocol doe_cdat_prot[] = { > > static void ct3_realize(PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp) > { > + ERRP_GUARD(); > CXLType3Dev *ct3d = CXL_TYPE3(pci_dev); > CXLComponentState *cxl_cstate = &ct3d->cxl_cstate; > ComponentRegisters *regs = &cxl_cstate->crb; The dereference is cxl_doe_cdat_init(cxl_cstate, errp); if (*errp) { goto err_free_special_ops; } We check *errp, because cxl_doe_cdat_init() returns void. Could be improved to return bool, along with its callees ct3_load_cdat() and ct3_build_cdat(), but that's a slightly more ambitious cleanup, so Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster