Re: [PATCH] xen-fbfront: correct return value checks on xenbus_scanf()

2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-07-07 · open the first message on its own page

Re: [PATCH] xen-fbfront: correct return value checks on xenbus_scanf()

From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Date: 2016-07-07 09:42:53

On 07/07/16 09:48, Jan Beulich wrote:
Only a positive return value indicates success.
Hmm, I'm not convinced on this change (and the similar others as
well). From xenbus.h:

/* Single read and scanf: returns -errno or num scanned if > 0. */

There should be no case for xenbus_scanf() returning 0. And looking
into the functions proofs this is correct.


Juergen
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- 4.7-rc6-xenbus_scanf.orig/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
+++ 4.7-rc6-xenbus_scanf/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
@@ -658,13 +658,13 @@ InitWait:
 			goto InitWait; /* no InitWait seen yet, fudge it */
 
 		if (xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend,
-				 "request-update", "%d", &val) < 0)
+				 "request-update", "%d", &val) <= 0)
 			val = 0;
 		if (val)
 			info->update_wanted = 1;
 
 		if (xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
-				 "feature-resize", "%d", &val) < 0)
+				 "feature-resize", "%d", &val) <= 0)
 			val = 0;
 		info->feature_resize = val;
 		break;

Re: [PATCH] xen-fbfront: correct return value checks on xenbus_scanf()

From: Jan Beulich <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-07 10:03:53

quoted
quoted
On 07.07.16 at 11:42, [off-list ref] wrote:
On 07/07/16 09:48, Jan Beulich wrote:
quoted
Only a positive return value indicates success.
Hmm, I'm not convinced on this change (and the similar others as
well). From xenbus.h:

/* Single read and scanf: returns -errno or num scanned if > 0. */

There should be no case for xenbus_scanf() returning 0. And looking
into the functions proofs this is correct.
I don't think it is appropriate for callers to assume a currently
impossible return value indicates success.

Jan
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