[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9] ethdev: add sanity checks in control APIs

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Apr 21 15:19:08 CEST 2021


On 4/21/2021 12:28 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 4/21/21 5:36 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>> From: "Min Hu (Connor)" <humin29 at huawei.com>
>>
>> This patch adds more sanity checks in control path APIs.
>>
>> Fixes: 214ed1acd125 ("ethdev: add iterator to match devargs input")
>> Fixes: 3d98f921fbe9 ("ethdev: unify prefix for static functions and variables")
>> Fixes: 0366137722a0 ("ethdev: check for invalid device name")
>> Fixes: d948f596fee2 ("ethdev: fix port data mismatched in multiple process model")
>> Fixes: 5b7ba31148a8 ("ethdev: add port ownership")
>> Fixes: f8244c6399d9 ("ethdev: increase port id range")
>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29 at huawei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
>> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> 
> Few nits below.
> Other than that I confirm my "Reviewed-by".
> 
> The patch is really long. It would be better to split it into
> few:
>   - relocate dev assignment
>   - empty lines mangling (when it is unrelated to previous item)
>   - ops check before usage (combined with related style checks)
>   - error logs refinement
> 
> However, since the patch is already reviewed this way, may
> be it is better to push as is after review notes processing.
> 
>> @@ -817,7 +859,12 @@ rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(const char *name, uint16_t *port_id)
>>   	uint16_t pid;
>>   
>>   	if (name == NULL) {
>> -		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Null pointer is specified\n");
>> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot get port ID from NULL name");
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (port_id == NULL) {
>> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot get port ID to NULL\n");
> 
> Since name is already checked above, I think it would be useful
> to log 'name' here to provide context.
> 
>>   		return -EINVAL;
>>   	}
>>   
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> @@ -3256,6 +3370,20 @@ rte_eth_dev_fw_version_get(uint16_t port_id, char *fw_version, size_t fw_size)
>>   	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -ENODEV);
>>   	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
>>   
>> +	if (fw_version == NULL) {
>> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
>> +			"Cannot get ethdev port %u FW version to NULL\n",
>> +			port_id);
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (fw_size == 0) {
>> +		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
>> +			"Cannot get ethdev port %u FW version to buffer with zero size\n",
>> +			port_id);
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>> +
> 
> The only error condition is NULL fw_version with positive
> fw_size. Othwerwise, it could be just a call to get required
> size of buffer for FW version.
> 

Right, above is wrong.

Agree that "fw_version == NULL && fw_size > 0" is error condition,
but is it clear if how this API should behave on
"fw_version == NULL && fw_size == 0"?

Like sfc has following,
  if ((fw_version == NULL) || (fw_size == 0))
  	return -EINVAL;


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