Re: [PATCH net] vhost: correctly check the return value of translate_desc() in log_used()

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Fri Feb 15 2019 - 11:45:08 EST


On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:53:24 +0800
Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When fail, translate_desc() returns negative value, otherwise the
> number of iovs. So we should fail when the return value is negative
> instead of a blindly check against zero.
>
> Reported-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: cc5e71075947 ("vhost: log dirty page correctly")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. It is best to put the Addresses-Coverity-Id tag on these kind
of bug fixes so that the automated tools see it.