[PATCH for-6.1 ?] hw/core: fix error checkig in smp_parse

[PATCH for-6.1 ?] hw/core: fix error checkig in smp_parse

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

The machine_set_smp() mistakenly checks 'errp' not '*errp',
and so thinks there is an error every single time it runs.
This causes it to jump to the end of the method, skipping
the max CPUs checks. The caller meanwhile sees no error
and so carries on execution. The result of all this is:

 $ qemu-system-x86_64 -smp -1
 qemu-system-x86_64: GLib: ../glib/gmem.c:142: failed to allocate 481036337048 bytes

instead of

 $ qemu-system-x86_64 -smp -1
 qemu-system-x86_64: Invalid SMP CPUs -1. The max CPUs supported by machine 'pc-i440fx-6.1' is 255

This is a regression from

  commit fe68090e8fbd6e831aaf3fc3bb0459c5cccf14cf
  Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
  Date:   Thu May 13 09:03:48 2021 -0400

    machine: add smp compound property

Closes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/524
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
 hw/core/machine.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 943974d411..ab4fca6546 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static void machine_set_smp(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     }
 
     mc->smp_parse(ms, config, errp);
-    if (errp) {
+    if (*errp) {
         goto out_free;
     }
 
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH for-6.1 ?] hw/core: fix error checkig in smp_parse

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 06:53:53PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> The machine_set_smp() mistakenly checks 'errp' not '*errp',
> and so thinks there is an error every single time it runs.
> This causes it to jump to the end of the method, skipping
> the max CPUs checks. The caller meanwhile sees no error
> and so carries on execution. The result of all this is:
> 
>  $ qemu-system-x86_64 -smp -1
>  qemu-system-x86_64: GLib: ../glib/gmem.c:142: failed to allocate 481036337048 bytes
> 
> instead of
> 
>  $ qemu-system-x86_64 -smp -1
>  qemu-system-x86_64: Invalid SMP CPUs -1. The max CPUs supported by machine 'pc-i440fx-6.1' is 255
> 
> This is a regression from
> 
>   commit fe68090e8fbd6e831aaf3fc3bb0459c5cccf14cf
>   Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>   Date:   Thu May 13 09:03:48 2021 -0400
> 
>     machine: add smp compound property
> 
> Closes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/524
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

I will prepare a pull request with this, just in case we are
already going to have a -rc4.  I don't think this bug alone
should delay release of 6.1, though.

> ---
>  hw/core/machine.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index 943974d411..ab4fca6546 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static void machine_set_smp(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
>      }
>  
>      mc->smp_parse(ms, config, errp);
> -    if (errp) {
> +    if (*errp) {
>          goto out_free;
>      }
>  
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 

-- 
Eduardo

Re: [PATCH for-6.1 ?] hw/core: fix error checkig in smp_parse

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 12/08/21 19:53, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> The machine_set_smp() mistakenly checks 'errp' not '*errp',
> and so thinks there is an error every single time it runs.
> This causes it to jump to the end of the method, skipping
> the max CPUs checks. The caller meanwhile sees no error
> and so carries on execution. The result of all this is:
> 
>   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -smp -1
>   qemu-system-x86_64: GLib: ../glib/gmem.c:142: failed to allocate 481036337048 bytes
> 
> instead of
> 
>   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -smp -1
>   qemu-system-x86_64: Invalid SMP CPUs -1. The max CPUs supported by machine 'pc-i440fx-6.1' is 255
> 
> This is a regression from
> 
>    commit fe68090e8fbd6e831aaf3fc3bb0459c5cccf14cf
>    Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>    Date:   Thu May 13 09:03:48 2021 -0400
> 
>      machine: add smp compound property
> 
> Closes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/524
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
>   hw/core/machine.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index 943974d411..ab4fca6546 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static void machine_set_smp(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
>       }
>   
>       mc->smp_parse(ms, config, errp);
> -    if (errp) {
> +    if (*errp) {
>           goto out_free;
>       }
>   
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo