[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] usertools: replace unsafe input function
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Apr 3 15:30:10 CEST 2019
On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 11:44:40AM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 20-Mar-19 4:43 PM, Andrius Sirvys wrote:
> > LGTM static code analysis tool reports that the function 'input' is
> > unsafe. Changed to use raw_input which then converts it using
> > ast.literal_eval() which is safe.
> >
> > Fixes: d1b94da4a4e0 ("usertools: add client script for telemetry")
> > Cc: ciara.power at intel.com
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrius Sirvys <andrius.sirvys at intel.com>
> > ---
> > usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py b/usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py
> > index ce0c7a9..c3ba77d 100755
> > --- a/usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py
> > +++ b/usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py
> > @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def requestMetrics(self): # Requests metrics for given client
> > def repeatedlyRequestMetrics(self, sleep_time): # Recursively requests metrics for given client
> > print("\nPlease enter the number of times you'd like to continuously request Metrics:")
> > - n_requests = int(input("\n:"))
> > + n_requests = int(ast.literal_eval(raw_input("\n:")))
> > print("\033[F") #Removes the user input from screen, cleans it up
> > print("\033[K")
> > for i in range(n_requests):
> > @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def interactiveMenu(self, sleep_time): # Creates Interactive menu within the scr
> > print("[3] Unregister client")
> > try:
> > - self.choice = int(input("\n:"))
> > + self.choice = int(ast.literal_eval(raw_input("\n:")))
> > print("\033[F") #Removes the user input for screen, cleans it up
> > print("\033[K")
> > if self.choice == 1:
> >
>
> raw_input doesn't exist in Python 3.
>
> Perhaps you should do this at the top of the script:
>
> try:
> raw_input # Python 2
> except NameError:
> raw_input = input # Python 3
>
> That way, all calls to raw_input will call the intended function.
>
The suggested way in the python docs is a little different:
https://python-future.org/compatible_idioms.html#raw_input()
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