Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qapi: Fix potential NULL pointer segfault

[Stefan Weil]

Am 03.09.2012 18:34, schrieb Luiz Capitulino:
> On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:57:36 +0200
> Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Il 01/09/2012 09:30, Stefan Weil ha scritto:
> > > Report from smatch:
> > >
> > > qapi-visit.c:1640 visit_type_BlockdevAction(8) error:
> > >   we previously assumed 'obj' could be null (see line 1639)
> > > qapi-visit.c:2432 visit_type_NetClientOptions(8) error:
> > >   we previously assumed 'obj' could be null (see line 2431)
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > >   scripts/qapi-visit.py |    2 +-
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
> > > index 2afc5c0..1a669f3 100644
> > > --- a/scripts/qapi-visit.py
> > > +++ b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
> > > @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void visit_type_%(name)s(Visitor *m, %(name)s ** obj, const 
> > > char *name, Error **
> > >       if (!error_is_set(errp)) {
> > >           visit_start_struct(m, (void **)obj, "%(name)s", name, sizeof(%(name)s), 
> > > &err);
> > >           if (!err) {
> > > -            if (!obj || *obj) {
> > > +            if (obj && *obj) {
> > >                   visit_type_%(name)sKind(m, &(*obj)->kind, "type", &err);
> > >                   if (!err) {
> > >                       switch ((*obj)->kind) {
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
>
> Is this for 1.2?
>
> Although the fix is pretty obvious, it doesn't seem possible to trigger the
> segfault today and I believe we're only accepting true bug fixes at this point
> (ie. two days from the release).

As long as nobody has a scenario which triggers the bug,
there is no need to apply that patch before 1.2 is released.

That's why I did not add "for 1.2" to the subject line.

- sw