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Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module
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Claudio Fontana |
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Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom |
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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:54:58 +0200 |
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On 9/27/22 13:53, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 27.09.2022 um 11:13 hat Claudio Fontana geschrieben:
>> On 9/27/22 09:54, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 9/26/22 12:38, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>>>>> Am 24.09.2022 um 01:21 hat Claudio Fontana geschrieben:
>>>>>> improve error handling during module load, by changing:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bool module_load(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name);
>>>>>> void module_load_qom(const char *type);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int module_load(const char *prefix, const char *name, Error **errp);
>>>>>> int module_load_qom(const char *type, Error **errp);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> where the return value is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -1 on module load error, and errp is set with the error
>>>>>> 0 on module or one of its dependencies are not installed
>>>>>> 1 on module load success
>>>>>> 2 on module load success (module already loaded or built-in)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> module_load_qom_one has been introduced in:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> commit 28457744c345 ("module: qom module support"), which built on top of
>>>>>> module_load_one, but discarded the bool return value. Restore it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adapt all callers to emit errors, or ignore them, or fail hard,
>>>>>> as appropriate in each context.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some memory leaks also fixed as part of the module_load changes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> audio: when attempting to load an audio module, report module load
>>>>>> errors.
>>>>>> block: when attempting to load a block module, report module load errors.
>>>>>> console: when attempting to load a display module, report module load
>>>>>> errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> qdev: when creating a new qdev Device object (DeviceState), report load
>>>>>> errors.
>>>>>> If a module cannot be loaded to create that device, now abort
>>>>>> execution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> qom/object.c: when initializing a QOM object, or looking up
>>>>>> class_by_name,
>>>>>> report module load errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> qtest: when processing the "module_load" qtest command, report errors
>>>>>> in the load of the module.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de>
>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/block/dmg.c b/block/dmg.c
>>>>>> index 007b8d9996..a422cf8d5b 100644
>>>>>> --- a/block/dmg.c
>>>>>> +++ b/block/dmg.c
>>>>>> @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ static int dmg_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict
>>>>>> *options, int flags,
>>>>>> uint64_t plist_xml_offset, plist_xml_length;
>>>>>> int64_t offset;
>>>>>> int ret;
>>>>>> + Error *local_err = NULL;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ret = bdrv_apply_auto_read_only(bs, NULL, errp);
>>>>>> if (ret < 0) {
>>>>>> @@ -446,8 +447,15 @@ static int dmg_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict
>>>>>> *options, int flags,
>>>>>> return -EINVAL;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - block_module_load("dmg-bz2");
>>>>>> - block_module_load("dmg-lzfse");
>>>>>> + if (block_module_load("dmg-bz2", &local_err) < 0) {
>>>>>> + error_report_err(local_err);
>>>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>>>> + }
>>>>>> + local_err = NULL;
>>>>>> + if (block_module_load("dmg-lzfse", &local_err) < 0) {
>>>>>> + error_report_err(local_err);
>>>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>>
>>>> I am concerned about the resources allocation here though,
>>>> is returning EINVAL here right, vs using "goto fail"?
>>>>
>>>> I matched the behavior of the preceding call:
>>>>
>>>> bs->file = bdrv_open_child(NULL, options, "file", bs, &child_of_bds,
>>>> BDRV_CHILD_IMAGE, false, errp);
>>>> if (!bs->file) {
>>>> return -EINVAL;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> But afterwards the code goes:
>>>> .
>>>> /* locate the UDIF trailer */
>>>> offset = dmg_find_koly_offset(bs->file, errp);
>>>> if (offset < 0) {
>>>> ret = offset;
>>>> goto fail;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Should the resources be freed or not in your view?
>>>
>>> Functions should generally fail cleanly, and that means undoing side
>>> effects such as allocations.
>>
>> This is pretty obvious.
>>
>> Note that this function does not perform the allocations,
>> bdrv_open is called with existing allocated resources,
>> and then frees those resources only in specific code paths.
>
> These aren't allocated, the caller just allocates the BDRVDMGState and
> initialises it with zeros. In other words, at this point, the free
> functions don't do anything yet and you may or may not call them, it
> doesn't matter.
>
> We have an explicit line like this after the module loading:
>
> s->offsets = s->lengths = s->sectors = s->sectorcounts = NULL;
>
> It's completely unnecessary because the BDRVDMGState is already
> initialised like this, but if you think of this as the point where these
> fields come to life, using a direct return before it and 'goto fail'
> afterwards makes a little bit of sense at least.
>
> As far as I can tell, only dmg_read_resource_fork() or
> dmg_read_plist_xml() actually allocate some memeory that needs to be
> undone, so some of the existing 'goto fail' instances could be direct
> returns. But they're not wrong either, so no need to change them.
>
> Kevin
>
Thanks Kevin,
given this for my hunk I'll keep returning immediately with EINVAL then.
Claudio
- [PATCH v6 2/5] module: rename module_load_one to module_load, (continued)
- [PATCH v6 2/5] module: rename module_load_one to module_load, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 4/5] dmg: warn when opening dmg images containing blocks of unknown type, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 1/5] module: removed unused function argument "mayfail", Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Kevin Wolf, 2022/09/26
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/26
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/26
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Markus Armbruster, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Kevin Wolf, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom,
Claudio Fontana <=
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Kevin Wolf, 2022/09/27
[PATCH v6 5/5] accel: abort if we fail to load the accelerator plugin, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23