[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] example_ip_pipeline: fix sizeof() on memcpy
Dumitrescu, Cristian
cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com
Wed Sep 9 20:25:53 CEST 2015
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 4:59 AM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Stephen Hemminger
> Subject: [PATCH 3/5] example_ip_pipeline: fix sizeof() on memcpy
>
> Found by Coverity:
> Sizeof not portable (SIZEOF_MISMATCH)
> suspicious_sizeof: Passing argument &app->cmds[app->n_cmds] of type
> cmdline_parse_ctx_t * and argument n_cmds * 8UL /* sizeof
> (cmdline_parse_ctx_t *) */
> to function memcpy is suspicious.
> In this case, sizeof (cmdline_parse_ctx_t *) is equal to sizeof
> (cmdline_parse_ctx_t),
> but this is not a portable assumption.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
> examples/ip_pipeline/init.c | 2 +-
> examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_common_fe.c | 2 +-
> examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_flow_classification.c | 1 -
> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/init.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/init.c
> index 3f9c68d..75e3767 100644
> --- a/examples/ip_pipeline/init.c
> +++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/init.c
> @@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ app_pipeline_type_cmd_push(struct app_params
> *app,
> /* Push pipeline commands into the application */
> memcpy(&app->cmds[app->n_cmds],
> cmds,
> - n_cmds * sizeof(cmdline_parse_ctx_t *));
> + n_cmds * sizeof(cmdline_parse_ctx_t));
Actually no, as we are both the destination and the source of memcpy are array of pointers.
The source is a pipeline type, which is a static global data structure, so no issues with the life time of the data pointed to by the pointers.
>
> for (i = 0; i < n_cmds; i++)
> app->cmds[app->n_cmds + i]->data = app;
> diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_common_fe.c
> b/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_common_fe.c
> index fcda0ce..4eec66b 100644
> --- a/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_common_fe.c
> +++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_common_fe.c
> @@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ app_pipeline_common_cmd_push(struct
> app_params *app)
> /* Push pipeline commands into the application */
> memcpy(&app->cmds[app->n_cmds],
> pipeline_common_cmds,
> - n_cmds * sizeof(cmdline_parse_ctx_t *));
> + n_cmds * sizeof(cmdline_parse_ctx_t));
Actually no, as we are both the destination and the source of memcpy are array of pointers.
The source is a pipeline type, which is a static global data structure, so no issues with the life time of the data pointed to by the pointers.
>
> for (i = 0; i < n_cmds; i++)
> app->cmds[app->n_cmds + i]->data = app;
> diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_flow_classification.c
> b/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_flow_classification.c
> index 24cf7dc..e5141b0 100644
> --- a/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_flow_classification.c
> +++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_flow_classification.c
> @@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ app_pipeline_fc_key_convert(struct pipeline_fc_key
> *key_in,
> {
> struct pkt_key_ipv6_5tuple *ipv6 = key_buffer;
>
> - memset(ipv6, 0, 64);
Agreed!
> ipv6->payload_length = 0;
> ipv6->proto = key_in->key.ipv6_5tuple.proto;
> ipv6->hop_limit = 0;
> --
> 2.1.4
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