On 09/28/22 11:30, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> In the C API documentation mention the potential problems of calling
> non-nullable parameters with NULL. Usually an error is returned, but
> warnings and worse might happen too.
>
> Thanks: Eric Blake
> ---
> docs/libnbd.pod | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> generator/C.ml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/libnbd.pod b/docs/libnbd.pod
> index eae9bb413b..170fc1fa07 100644
> --- a/docs/libnbd.pod
> +++ b/docs/libnbd.pod
> @@ -387,8 +387,26 @@ The library ran out of memory while performing some
> operation.
> A request is too large, for example if you try to read too many bytes
> in a single L<nbd_pread(3)> call.
>
> +=item C<EFAULT>
> +
> +A pointer parameter was C<NULL> when it should be non-NULL.
> +See the section below.
> +
> =back
>
> +=head2 Non-NULL parameters
> +
> +Almost all libnbd functions when called from C take one or more
> +pointer parameters that must not be C<NULL>. For example, the handle
> +parameter, strings and buffers should usually not be C<NULL>.
> +
> +If a C<NULL> is passed as one of these parameters, libnbd attempts to
> +return an error with L<nbd_get_errno(3)> returning C<EFAULT>.
> +
> +However it may cause other compiler-related warnings and even
> +undefined behaviour, so you should try to avoid this programming
> +mistake.
> +
> =head1 DEBUGGING MESSAGES
>
> Libnbd can print lots of debugging messages, useful if you have a
> diff --git a/generator/C.ml b/generator/C.ml
> index bfc216609e..dc123d20a4 100644
> --- a/generator/C.ml
> +++ b/generator/C.ml
> @@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ let
> | UInt64 n -> [n]
> | UIntPtr n -> [n]
>
> +let name_of_optarg =
> + function
> + | OClosure { cbname } -> cbname
> + | OFlags (n, _, _) -> n
> +
> let arg_attr_nonnull =
> function
> (* BytesIn/Out are passed using a non-null pointer, and size_t *)
> @@ -974,6 +979,7 @@ let
>
> pr "=head1 ERRORS\n";
> pr "\n";
> +
> if may_set_error then (
> let value = match errcode with
> | Some value -> value
> @@ -987,6 +993,21 @@ let
> pr "This function does not fail.\n";
> pr "\n";
>
> + pr "The following parameters must not be NULL: C<h>";
> + List.iter (
> + fun arg ->
> + let nns = arg_attr_nonnull arg in
> + if List.mem true nns then pr ", C<%s>" (List.hd (name_of_arg arg))
> + ) args;
> + List.iter (
> + fun arg ->
> + let nns = optarg_attr_nonnull arg in
> + if List.mem true nns then pr ", C<%s>" (name_of_optarg arg)
> + ) optargs;
> + pr ".\n";
> + pr "For more information see L<libnbd(3)/Non-NULL parameters>.\n";
> + pr "\n";
> +
> if permitted_states <> [] then (
> pr "=head1 HANDLE STATE\n";
> pr "\n";
>
Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]>
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