Re: [PATCH] tools lib traceevent: Take care of return value of asprintf

[He Zhe]

On 2/14/20 8:57 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 03:31:26PM +0800, zhe.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxx escreveu:
>> From: He Zhe <zhe.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> According to the API, if memory allocation wasn't possible, or some other
>> error occurs, asprintf will return -1, and the contents of strp below are
>> undefined.
>>
>> int asprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
>>
>> This patch takes care of return value of asprintf to make it less error
>> prone and prevent the following build warning.
>>
>> ignoring return value of âasprintfâ, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
> Sure this fixes problems, but can you make it more compact, i.e. no need
> to add most if not all those 'int ret;' lines, just check the asprintf
> result directly, i.e.:
>
>                              if (asprintf(&str, val ? "TRUE" : "FALSE") < 0)
>                                      str = NULL;
>
> saving the return value for that function is interesting when you need
> to know how many bytes it printed to do some extra calculation, but if
> all you need is to know if it failed, checking against < 0 is enough,
> no?

OK. Thanks. I'll send v2.

Zhe

>
> - Arnaldo
>
>  
>> Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
>> index 20eed71..279b572 100644
>> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
>> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
>> @@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
>>  	int left_val = -1;
>>  	int right_val = -1;
>>  	int val;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>>  	switch (arg->op.type) {
>>  	case TEP_FILTER_OP_AND:
>> @@ -1958,7 +1959,9 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
>>  				default:
>>  					break;
>>  				}
>> -				asprintf(&str, val ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
>> +				ret = asprintf(&str, val ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
>> +				if (ret < 0)
>> +					str = NULL;
>>  				break;
>>  			}
>>  		}
>> @@ -1976,7 +1979,9 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
>>  			break;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -		asprintf(&str, "(%s) %s (%s)", left, op, right);
>> +		ret = asprintf(&str, "(%s) %s (%s)", left, op, right);
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			str = NULL;
>>  		break;
>>  
>>  	case TEP_FILTER_OP_NOT:
>> @@ -1992,10 +1997,14 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
>>  			right_val = 0;
>>  		if (right_val >= 0) {
>>  			/* just return the opposite */
>> -			asprintf(&str, right_val ? "FALSE" : "TRUE");
>> +			ret = asprintf(&str, right_val ? "FALSE" : "TRUE");
>> +			if (ret < 0)
>> +				str = NULL;
>>  			break;
>>  		}
>> -		asprintf(&str, "%s(%s)", op, right);
>> +		ret = asprintf(&str, "%s(%s)", op, right);
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			str = NULL;
>>  		break;
>>  
>>  	default:
>> @@ -2010,8 +2019,11 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
>>  static char *val_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *arg)
>>  {
>>  	char *str = NULL;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>> -	asprintf(&str, "%lld", arg->value.val);
>> +	ret = asprintf(&str, "%lld", arg->value.val);
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>> +		str = NULL;
>>  
>>  	return str;
>>  }
>> @@ -2027,6 +2039,7 @@ static char *exp_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  	char *rstr;
>>  	char *op;
>>  	char *str = NULL;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>>  	lstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->exp.left);
>>  	rstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->exp.right);
>> @@ -2069,7 +2082,9 @@ static char *exp_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  		break;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
>> +	ret = asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>> +		str = NULL;
>>  out:
>>  	free(lstr);
>>  	free(rstr);
>> @@ -2083,6 +2098,7 @@ static char *num_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  	char *rstr;
>>  	char *str = NULL;
>>  	char *op = NULL;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>>  	lstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->num.left);
>>  	rstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->num.right);
>> @@ -2113,7 +2129,9 @@ static char *num_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  		if (!op)
>>  			op = "<=";
>>  
>> -		asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
>> +		ret = asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			str = NULL;
>>  		break;
>>  
>>  	default:
>> @@ -2131,6 +2149,7 @@ static char *str_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  {
>>  	char *str = NULL;
>>  	char *op = NULL;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>>  	switch (arg->str.type) {
>>  	case TEP_FILTER_CMP_MATCH:
>> @@ -2148,8 +2167,10 @@ static char *str_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  		if (!op)
>>  			op = "!~";
>>  
>> -		asprintf(&str, "%s %s \"%s\"",
>> +		ret = asprintf(&str, "%s %s \"%s\"",
>>  			 arg->str.field->name, op, arg->str.val);
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			str = NULL;
>>  		break;
>>  
>>  	default:
>> @@ -2162,10 +2183,13 @@ static char *str_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>>  static char *arg_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *arg)
>>  {
>>  	char *str = NULL;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>>  	switch (arg->type) {
>>  	case TEP_FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
>> -		asprintf(&str, arg->boolean.value ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
>> +		ret = asprintf(&str, arg->boolean.value ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
>> +		if (ret < 0)
>> +			str = NULL;
>>  		return str;
>>  
>>  	case TEP_FILTER_ARG_OP:
>> -- 
>> 2.7.4