[Xen-changelog] [xen master] tools/libxl: Avoid deliberate NULL pointer dereference

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commit 1677af03c14f2d8d88d2ed9ed8ce6d4906d19fb4
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 25 11:12:50 2013 +0000
Commit:     Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon Nov 25 12:29:48 2013 +0000

    tools/libxl: Avoid deliberate NULL pointer dereference
    
    Coverity ID: 1055290
    
    Calling LIBXL__LOG_ERRNO(ctx,) with a ctx pointer we have just failed to
    allocate is going to end badly.  Opencode a suitable use of xtl_log() 
instead.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libxl/libxl.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index 9b93262..6263d14 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ int libxl_ctx_alloc(libxl_ctx **pctx, int version,
 
     ctx = malloc(sizeof(*ctx));
     if (!ctx) {
-        LIBXL__LOG_ERRNO(ctx, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, "Failed to allocate 
context\n");
+        xtl_log(lg, XTL_ERROR, errno, "libxl",
+                "%s:%d:%s: Failed to allocate context\n",
+                __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
         rc = ERROR_NOMEM; goto out;
     }
 
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