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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] tools/libxc: Prevent erroneous success from xc_domain_restore



On 02/04/2014 06:01 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
The variable 'rc' is set to 1 at the top of xc_domain_restore, and for the
most part is left alone until success, at which point it is set to 0.

There is a separate 'frc' which for the most part is used to check function
calls, keeping errors separate from 'rc'.

For a toolstack which sets callbacks->toolstack_restore(), and the function
returns 0, any subsequent error will end up with code flow going to "out;",
resulting in the migration being declared a success.

For consistency, update the callsites of xc_dom_gnttab{,_hvm}_seed() to use
'frc', even though their use of 'rc' is currently safe.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Changes in v2:
  * Dont drop rc = -1 from toolstack_restore().

Regarding 4.4: If the two "for consistency" changes to
xc_dom_gnttab{,_hvm}_seed() are considered too risky, they can be dropped
without affecting the bugfix nature of the patch, but I would argue that
leaving some examples of "rc = function_call()" leaves a bad precident which
is likely to lead to similar bugs in the future.

Yes, these are all pretty clear bug fixes.

Release-acked-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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