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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bpf: alloc_record_per_cpu Add null check after malloc
On Tue,  9 Jun 2020 08:08:03 -0400
Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@gmail.com> wrote:

> The memset call is made right after malloc call. To fix this, add the null check right after malloc and then do memset.
>

Did you read the section about how long lines should be in desc?


> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@gmail.com>
> ---
> samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c
> index 4fe47502ebed..490b07b7df78 100644
> --- a/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c
> +++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c
> @@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ static struct datarec *alloc_record_per_cpu(void)
>
> size = sizeof(struct datarec) * nr_cpus;
> array = malloc(size);
> - memset(array, 0, size);
> if (!array) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error (nr_cpus:%u)\n", nr_cpus);
> exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
> }
> + memset(array, 0, size);
> return array;
> }

Looking at code, this bug happen in more places. Please fix up all locations.

I think this fix should go through the "bpf" tree.
Please read:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst

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Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer

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