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[12/17] hw/virtio/vhost-vsock: Fix missing ERRP_GUARD() for error_prepend()

Message ID 20240229143914.1977550-13-zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Cleanup up to fix missing ERRP_GUARD() for error_prepend() | expand

Commit Message

Zhao Liu Feb. 29, 2024, 2:39 p.m. UTC 
From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>

As the comment in qapi/error, passing @errp to error_prepend() requires
ERRP_GUARD():

* = Why, when and how to use ERRP_GUARD() =
*
* Without ERRP_GUARD(), use of the @errp parameter is restricted:
...
* - It should not be passed to error_prepend(), error_vprepend() or
*   error_append_hint(), because that doesn't work with &error_fatal.
* ERRP_GUARD() lifts these restrictions.
*
* To use ERRP_GUARD(), add it right at the beginning of the function.
* @errp can then be used without worrying about the argument being
* NULL or &error_fatal.

ERRP_GUARD() could avoid the case when @errp is the pointer of
error_fatal, the user can't see this additional information, because
exit() happens in error_setg earlier than information is added [1].

The vhost_vsock_device_realize() passes @errp to error_prepend(), and as
a VirtioDeviceClass.realize method, its @errp is from
DeviceClass.realize so that there is no guarantee that the @errp won't
point to @error_fatal.

To avoid the issue like [1] said, add missing ERRP_GUARD() at the
beginning of this function.

[1]: Issue description in the commit message of commit ae7c80a7bd73
     ("error: New macro ERRP_GUARD()").

Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
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 hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c
index d5ca0b5a1055..3d4a5a97f484 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@  static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_vhost_vsock = {
 
 static void vhost_vsock_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     VHostVSockCommon *vvc = VHOST_VSOCK_COMMON(dev);
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
     VHostVSock *vsock = VHOST_VSOCK(dev);