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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] ivshmem: check the value returned by fstat(
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] ivshmem: check the value returned by fstat() |
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Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:26:25 +0200 |
On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 04:25:44PM +0800, zhanghailiang wrote:
> The function fstat() may fail, so check its return value.
>
> Signed-off-by: zhanghailiang <address@hidden>
> ---
> hw/misc/ivshmem.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
> index 768e528..2667e9f 100644
> --- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
> +++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
> @@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ static int check_shm_size(IVShmemState *s, int fd) {
>
> struct stat buf;
>
> - fstat(fd, &buf);
> + if (fstat(fd, &buf) < 0) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot stat IVSHMEM: %s\n", strerror(errno));
> + return -1;
> + }
>
That's a confusing error message:
1. You don't stat ivshmem. You stat a shmem fd. Also best to print fd #.
2. Tell the user what action was taken, e.g. IVSHMEM failed to start.
> if (s->ivshmem_size > buf.st_size) {
> fprintf(stderr,
> --
> 1.7.12.4
>
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] monitor: fix access freed memory, zhanghailiang, 2014/08/04
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] virtio-blk: fix reference a pointer which might be freed, zhanghailiang, 2014/08/04