We call strtoull(3) to parse a string to int. the range we can accept with our local variable "int64_t n" is (-9223372036854775808 ~ 9223372036854775807), but strtoull(3) can return (0 ~ 18446744073709551615UL).
So when we pass a int from HMP within the range of 9223372036854775808 ~ 18446744073709551615, it's safely converted and implicitly casted to int64_t, so n is assigned a negative value, silently, which is incorrect. We can verify this by (HMP) block_set_io_throttle ide0-hd0 999999999999999999 0 0 0 0 0 (HMP) block_set_io_throttle ide0-hd0 9999999999999999999 0 0 0 0 0 bps and iops values must be 0 or greater (HMP) block_set_io_throttle ide0-hd0 99999999999999999999 0 0 0 0 0 number too large The first command succeeds, the second is reporting a negative value error, the third command has correct prompt. Fix it by calling strtoll instead, which will report ERANGE as expected. (HMP) block_set_io_throttle ide0-hd0 999999999999999999 0 0 0 0 0 (HMP) block_set_io_throttle ide0-hd0 9999999999999999999 0 0 0 0 0 number too large (HMP) block_set_io_throttle ide0-hd0 99999999999999999999 0 0 0 0 0 number too large Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> --- monitor.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c index 5dc0aa9..7bfb469 100644 --- a/monitor.c +++ b/monitor.c @@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ static int64_t expr_unary(Monitor *mon) break; default: errno = 0; - n = strtoull(pch, &p, 0); + n = strtoll(pch, &p, 0); if (errno == ERANGE) { expr_error(mon, "number too large"); } -- 1.8.3.4