Re: [PATCH] tools/xl: don't crash on NULL command line

[Anthony PERARD <anthony@xenproject.org>]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 02:11:16PM +0200, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:24:03PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> > When running xl in a domU, it doesn't have access to the Xen command
> > line. Before the non-truncating xc_xenver_cmdline(), it was always set
> > with strdup, possibly of an empty string. Now it's NULL. Treat it the
> > same as empty cmdline, as it was before. Autoballoon isn't relevant for
> > xl devd in a domU anyway.
> > 
> > Fixes: 75f91607621c ("tools: Introduce a non-truncating xc_xenver_cmdline()")
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/xl/xl.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/xl/xl.c b/tools/xl/xl.c
> > index ec72ca60c32a..e183d42b1d65 100644
> > --- a/tools/xl/xl.c
> > +++ b/tools/xl/xl.c
> > @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ static int auto_autoballoon(void)
> >      info = libxl_get_version_info(ctx);
> >      if (!info)
> >          return 1; /* default to on */
> > +    if (!info->commandline)
> > +        return 1;
> 
> It's a nit, but could you join with the previous if condition, so that
> the comment also applies?
> 
>      if (!info || !info->commandline)
>          return 1; /* default to on */

Acked-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@vates.tech>

Thanks,

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Anthony PERARD