From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04B5C606E01A for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:52:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=cLKk1u0G Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xNtGQ-0003ST-Tg; Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:43:58 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xNtGF-00035C-Ru for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:43:49 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xNtGE-0000Rz-5c for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:43:47 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1793630625; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=hdSR4shoTjpChFGCrCbktf9roUR0jiQHl3N2vf6G3/U=; b=cLKk1u0G6Ob1t5fc7ViKuGfsIvyMwtcUxOY+Q8mWHp0lqjCPBHUOhqKVkNKLQwj7R+SCkt 61Y/jS5ul2CPNEKP35yFTPesUCNoILkZT2mJRHD29jvCjmEgs1v3yisDtm3T7vyOege59o bkHLk1SwLPsRxCv+taOe8pqz9X7O8YQ= Received: from mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-245-p7h_7eiePJe2uBoNd_FnkA-1; Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:43:41 -0500 X-MC-Unique: p7h_7eiePJe2uBoNd_FnkA-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: p7h_7eiePJe2uBoNd_FnkA_1793630619 Received: from mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60FDD1977505; Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:43:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.44.32.164]) by mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B4B81956049; Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:43:32 +0100 From: Kevin Wolf To: Stefan Hajnoczi Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org, Fam Zheng , Paolo Bonzini , Benjamin Marzinski , eblake@redhat.com, berrange@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] qemu-pr-helper: do not free reply when multipath_process_cmd() fails Message-ID: References: <20261027200757.961830-1-stefanha@redhat.com> X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20261027200757.961830-1-stefanha@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.17 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=kwolf@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: 5 X-Spam_score: 0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 Am 27.10.2026 um 21:07 hat Stefan Hajnoczi geschrieben: > Kevin Wolf pointed out that the multipath_process_cmd() documentation > only defines the value of reply on success. Don't touch it when the > function returns -1. > > The libmpathcmd implementation as of c78cf64a9e8e does not set *reply to > NULL when its internal mpath_send_cmd() call fails, so I think Kevin's > interpretation is correct. > > As it stands, there is no observable bug in the QEMU code though because > reply is initialized to NULL before calling multipath_process_cmd(). > This patch is just a cleanup. > > Cc: Benjamin Marzinski > Cc: kwolf@redhat.com > Cc: eblake@redhat.com > Cc: berrange@redhat.com > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Thanks, applied to the block branch. Kevin