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Re: [PATCH] Do not use %m in common code to print error messages
From: |
Daniel P . Berrangé |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Do not use %m in common code to print error messages |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:57:10 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) |
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:44:38PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The %m format specifier is an extension from glibc - and when compiling
> QEMU for NetBSD, the compiler correctly complains, e.g.:
>
> /home/qemu/qemu-test.ELjfrQ/src/util/main-loop.c: In function 'sigfd_handler':
> /home/qemu/qemu-test.ELjfrQ/src/util/main-loop.c:64:13: warning: %m is only
> allowed in syslog(3) like functions [-Wformat=]
> printf("read from sigfd returned %zd: %m\n", len);
> ^
> Let's use g_strerror() here instead, which is an easy-to-use wrapper
> around the thread-safe strerror_r() function.
>
> While we're at it, also convert the "printf()" in main-loop.c into
> the preferred "error_report()".
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> ---
> hw/misc/tmp421.c | 8 ++++++--
> util/main-loop.c | 4 +++-
> util/systemd.c | 5 +++--
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/misc/tmp421.c b/hw/misc/tmp421.c
> index 9f044705fa..f23c46a40a 100644
> --- a/hw/misc/tmp421.c
> +++ b/hw/misc/tmp421.c
> @@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ static void tmp421_get_temperature(Object *obj, Visitor
> *v, const char *name,
> int tempid;
>
> if (sscanf(name, "temperature%d", &tempid) != 1) {
> - error_setg(errp, "error reading %s: %m", name);
> + const char *errmsg = g_strerror(errno);
> + error_setg(errp, "error reading %s: %s", name, errmsg);
> + g_free((gpointer)errmsg);
Kaboom crash. This is trying to free a const string that is the caller
doesn't own. It remains under ownership of g_strerror forever.
Regards,
Daniel
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