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[v3,28/28] checkpatch: Do not allow deprecated g_memdup()

Message ID 20210903174510.751630-29-philmd@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series [v3,01/28] hw/hyperv/vmbus: Remove unused vmbus_load/save_req() | expand

Commit Message

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Sept. 3, 2021, 5:45 p.m. UTC
g_memdup() is insecure and as been deprecated in GLib 2.68.
QEMU provides the safely equivalent g_memdup2() wrapper.

Do not allow more g_memdup() calls in the repository, provide
a hint to use g_memdup2().

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Eric Blake Sept. 3, 2021, 9:17 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 07:45:10PM +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> g_memdup() is insecure and as been deprecated in GLib 2.68.
> QEMU provides the safely equivalent g_memdup2() wrapper.
> 
> Do not allow more g_memdup() calls in the repository, provide
> a hint to use g_memdup2().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Laurent Vivier Dec. 17, 2021, 10:58 a.m. UTC | #2
Le 03/09/2021 à 19:45, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé a écrit :
> g_memdup() is insecure and as been deprecated in GLib 2.68.
> QEMU provides the safely equivalent g_memdup2() wrapper.
> 
> Do not allow more g_memdup() calls in the repository, provide
> a hint to use g_memdup2().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
> ---
>   scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index cb8eff233e0..5caa739db48 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2850,6 +2850,11 @@ sub process {
>   			WARN("consider using g_path_get_$1() in preference to g_strdup($1())\n" . $herecurr);
>   		}
>   
> +# enforce g_memdup2() over g_memdup()
> +		if ($line =~ /\bg_memdup\s*\(/) {
> +			ERROR("use g_memdup2() instead of unsafe g_memdup()\n" . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +
>   # recommend qemu_strto* over strto* for numeric conversions
>   		if ($line =~ /\b(strto[^kd].*?)\s*\(/) {
>   			ERROR("consider using qemu_$1 in preference to $1\n" . $herecurr);
> 

Applied to my trivial-patches branch.

Thanks,
Laurent
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index cb8eff233e0..5caa739db48 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2850,6 +2850,11 @@  sub process {
 			WARN("consider using g_path_get_$1() in preference to g_strdup($1())\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# enforce g_memdup2() over g_memdup()
+		if ($line =~ /\bg_memdup\s*\(/) {
+			ERROR("use g_memdup2() instead of unsafe g_memdup()\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # recommend qemu_strto* over strto* for numeric conversions
 		if ($line =~ /\b(strto[^kd].*?)\s*\(/) {
 			ERROR("consider using qemu_$1 in preference to $1\n" . $herecurr);