Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] check for available room when formatting OpenFirmware device path

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 07/23/12 14:46, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> writes:
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  hw/qdev.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
>>  vl.c      |    7 ++++++-
>>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
>> index af54467..f1e83a4 100644
>> --- a/hw/qdev.c
>> +++ b/hw/qdev.c
>> @@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ static int qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper(DeviceState *dev, char *p, int size)
>>      if (dev && dev->parent_bus) {
>>          char *d;
>>          l = qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper(dev->parent_bus->parent, p, size);
>> +        if (l >= size) {
>> +            return l;
>> +        }
>> +
>>          d = bus_get_fw_dev_path(dev->parent_bus, dev);
>>          if (d) {
>>              l += snprintf(p + l, size - l, "%s", d);
>> @@ -509,6 +513,10 @@ static int qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper(DeviceState *dev, char *p, int size)
>>          } else {
>>              l += snprintf(p + l, size - l, "%s", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
>>          }
>> +
>> +        if (l >= size) {
>> +            return l;
>> +        }
>>      }
>>      l += snprintf(p + l , size - l, "/");
>>  
> 
> If the return value is less than the size argument, it's the length of
> the string written into p[].  Else, it means p[] has insufficient
> space.

Yes. (snprintf() returns the number of bytes it would store, excluding
the terminating NUL, had there been enough room.
<http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/snprintf.html#tag_16_159_04>)

Did I make a mistake?

Supposing snprintf() encounters no error, it returns a positive value P
in the above.

P = snprintf(..., size - l0, ...)
l1 = l0 + P;

         l1 >= size
<->  l0 + P >= size
<->       P >= size - l0


The return value of qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper() comes from another
invocation of itself, or from the trailing snprintf(), so it behaves
like snprintf.

Or what do you have in mind?


> 
>> @@ -520,8 +528,12 @@ char* qdev_get_fw_dev_path(DeviceState *dev)
>>      char path[128];
>>      int l;
>>  
>> -    l = qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper(dev, path, 128);
>> +    l = qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper(dev, path, sizeof(path));
>>  
>> +    assert(l > 0);
>> +    if (l >= sizeof(path)) {
>> +        return NULL;
>> +    }
> 
> Failure mode could be avoided with the common technique: make
> qdev_get_fw_dev_path_helper() return the true length.  If it fit into
> path[], return strdup(path).  Else, allocate a suitable buffer and try
> again.
> 
> What do you think?

You're right of course, but I didn't have (or wanted to spend) the time
to change the code that much (and to test it...), especially because it
would have been fixed already if it had caused actual problems. I think
the patch could work as a "last resort", small improvement, but I don't
mind if someone posts a better fix :)

Laszlo