Re: [PATCH 3/6] hw/mem/cxl_type3: Fix missing ERRP_GUARD() in ct3_realize()

[Markus Armbruster]

Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com> writes:

> From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
>
> 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.
> * - It should not be passed to error_prepend() or
> *   error_append_hint(), because that doesn't work with &error_fatal.
> * 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.
>
> Currently, since ct3_realize() - as a PCIDeviceClass.realize() method -
> doesn't get the NULL errp parameter, it doesn't trigger the dereference
> issue.
>
> To follow the requirement of errp, add missing ERRP_GUARD() in
> ct3_realize().
>
> Suggested-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
> ---
> Suggested by credit:
>  Markus: Referred his explanation about ERRP_GUARD().
> ---
>  hw/mem/cxl_type3.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c b/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c
> index e8801805b90f..a3b0761f843b 100644
> --- a/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c
> +++ b/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c
> @@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ static DOEProtocol doe_cdat_prot[] = {
>  
>  static void ct3_realize(PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
>  {
> +    ERRP_GUARD();
>      CXLType3Dev *ct3d = CXL_TYPE3(pci_dev);
>      CXLComponentState *cxl_cstate = &ct3d->cxl_cstate;
>      ComponentRegisters *regs = &cxl_cstate->crb;

The dereference is

       cxl_doe_cdat_init(cxl_cstate, errp);
       if (*errp) {
           goto err_free_special_ops;
       }

We check *errp, because cxl_doe_cdat_init() returns void.  Could be
improved to return bool, along with its callees ct3_load_cdat() and
ct3_build_cdat(), but that's a slightly more ambitious cleanup, so

Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>