[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix copying the name of the dynflag

Ori Kam orika at mellanox.com
Thu Jan 30 19:55:33 CET 2020


Hi Bernard,

Thanks for review, PSB

Ori

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:54 PM
> To: Ori Kam <orika at mellanox.com>; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>;
> Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix copying the name of the dynflag
> 
> Hi Ori,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ori Kam <orika at mellanox.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:23 PM
> > To: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing
> > <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard
> > <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; orika at mellanox.com; Yigit, Ferruh
> > <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; viacheslavo at mellanox.com
> > Subject: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix copying the name of the dynflag
> >
> > When working with testpmd and setting the dynflag name, we copy the
> > name given by the cmd to the dynflag name.
> >
> > The issue is that the size of the dynflag name is smaller then the string used
> > by testpmd.
> >
> > This commit solves this issue by usign strncpy.
> >
> > Coverity issue: 353610
> >
> > Fixes: b57b66a97ebf ("app/testpmd: support mbuf dynamic flag")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <orika at mellanox.com>
> > ---
> >  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c index
> > dab22bc..09429f9 100644
> > --- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
> > +++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
> > @@ -18867,7 +18867,7 @@ struct cmd_config_tx_dynf_specific_result {
> >  		return;
> >  	flag = rte_mbuf_dynflag_lookup(res->name, NULL);
> >  	if (flag <= 0) {
> > -		strcpy(desc_flag.name, res->name);
> > +		strncpy(desc_flag.name, res->name,
> > sizeof(*desc_flag.name));
> 
> This does not look correct to me.
> Should it be sizeof(desc_flag.name[RTE_MBUF_DYN_NAMESIZE]));
>

You are correct, I will send a new version.
 
> >  		desc_flag.flags = 0;
> >  		flag = rte_mbuf_dynflag_register(&desc_flag);
> >  		if (flag < 0) {
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bernard.



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