Re: [PATCH v2] tools lib traceevent: Take care of return value of asprintf

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Feb 17 2020 - 10:53:36 EST


Em Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 09:21:21PM +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.

Rostedt, did I miss some ack from you?

- Arnaldo

> 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]
>
> Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: directly check the return value without saving to a variable
>
> tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> index 20eed71..6cd0228 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> @@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ find_event(struct tep_handle *tep, struct event_list **events,
> sys_name = NULL;
> }
>
> - ret = asprintf(&reg, "^%s$", event_name);
> - if (ret < 0)
> + if (asprintf(&reg, "^%s$", event_name) < 0)
> return TEP_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED;
>
> ret = regcomp(&ereg, reg, REG_ICASE|REG_NOSUB);
> @@ -285,8 +284,7 @@ find_event(struct tep_handle *tep, struct event_list **events,
> return TEP_ERRNO__INVALID_EVENT_NAME;
>
> if (sys_name) {
> - ret = asprintf(&reg, "^%s$", sys_name);
> - if (ret < 0) {
> + if (asprintf(&reg, "^%s$", sys_name) < 0) {
> regfree(&ereg);
> return TEP_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED;
> }
> @@ -1958,7 +1956,8 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
> default:
> break;
> }
> - asprintf(&str, val ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
> + if (asprintf(&str, val ? "TRUE" : "FALSE") < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> break;
> }
> }
> @@ -1976,7 +1975,8 @@ static char *op_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *a
> break;
> }
>
> - asprintf(&str, "(%s) %s (%s)", left, op, right);
> + if (asprintf(&str, "(%s) %s (%s)", left, op, right) < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> break;
>
> case TEP_FILTER_OP_NOT:
> @@ -1992,10 +1992,12 @@ 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");
> + if (asprintf(&str, right_val ? "FALSE" : "TRUE") < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> break;
> }
> - asprintf(&str, "%s(%s)", op, right);
> + if (asprintf(&str, "%s(%s)", op, right) < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> break;
>
> default:
> @@ -2011,7 +2013,8 @@ static char *val_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
> {
> char *str = NULL;
>
> - asprintf(&str, "%lld", arg->value.val);
> + if (asprintf(&str, "%lld", arg->value.val) < 0)
> + str = NULL;
>
> return str;
> }
> @@ -2069,7 +2072,8 @@ static char *exp_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
> break;
> }
>
> - asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
> + if (asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr) < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> out:
> free(lstr);
> free(rstr);
> @@ -2113,7 +2117,8 @@ 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);
> + if (asprintf(&str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr) < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> break;
>
> default:
> @@ -2148,8 +2153,9 @@ static char *str_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
> if (!op)
> op = "!~";
>
> - asprintf(&str, "%s %s \"%s\"",
> - arg->str.field->name, op, arg->str.val);
> + if (asprintf(&str, "%s %s \"%s\"",
> + arg->str.field->name, op, arg->str.val) < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> break;
>
> default:
> @@ -2165,7 +2171,8 @@ static char *arg_to_str(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_filter_arg *
>
> switch (arg->type) {
> case TEP_FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
> - asprintf(&str, arg->boolean.value ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
> + if (asprintf(&str, arg->boolean.value ? "TRUE" : "FALSE") < 0)
> + str = NULL;
> return str;
>
> case TEP_FILTER_ARG_OP:
> --
> 2.7.4