Hi Philippe,
If possible, can this one catch a ride with your PULL too?
Many thanks!
Zhao
On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 05:59:37PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:59:37 +0800
> From: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] hw/nubus/nubus-virtio-mmio: Fix missing ERRP_GUARD() in
> nubus_virtio_mmio_realize()
> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1
>
> As the comment in qapi/error, dereferencing @errp requires
> ERRP_GUARD():
>
> * = Why, when and how to use ERRP_GUARD() =
> *
> * Without ERRP_GUARD(), use of the @errp parameter is restricted:
> * - It must not be dereferenced, because it may be null.
> ...
> * ERRP_GUARD() lifts these restrictions.
> *
> * To use ERRP_GUARD(), add it right at the beginning of the function.
> * @errp can then be used without worrying about the argument being
> * NULL or &error_fatal.
> *
> * Using it when it's not needed is safe, but please avoid cluttering
> * the source with useless code.
>
> But in nubus_virtio_mmio_realize(), @errp is dereferenced without
> ERRP_GUARD().
>
> Although nubus_virtio_mmio_realize() - as a DeviceClass.realize()
> method - doesn't get the NULL @errp parameter, it hasn't triggered the
> bug that dereferencing the NULL @errp. It's still necessary to follow
> the requirement of @errp, so add missing ERRP_GUARD() in
> nubus_virtio_mmio_realize().
>
> Cc: Laurent Vivier <laur...@vivier.eu>
> Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com>
> ---
> hw/nubus/nubus-virtio-mmio.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/hw/nubus/nubus-virtio-mmio.c b/hw/nubus/nubus-virtio-mmio.c
> index 58a63c84d0be..a5558d3ec28b 100644
> --- a/hw/nubus/nubus-virtio-mmio.c
> +++ b/hw/nubus/nubus-virtio-mmio.c
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static void nubus_virtio_mmio_set_input_irq(void *opaque,
> int n, int level)
>
> static void nubus_virtio_mmio_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
> {
> + ERRP_GUARD();
> NubusVirtioMMIODeviceClass *nvmdc = NUBUS_VIRTIO_MMIO_GET_CLASS(dev);
> NubusVirtioMMIO *s = NUBUS_VIRTIO_MMIO(dev);
> NubusDevice *nd = NUBUS_DEVICE(dev);
> --
> 2.34.1
>
