On 14 Oct 2025, at 12:08, Kevin Traynor wrote:

> On 10/10/2025 17:09, Eelco Chaudron via dev wrote:
>> Free the error string returned by str_to_u8() in set_tunnel_config().
>> While at it, also add a proper error message for this error case.
>>
>> Fixes: ebe0e518b048 ("tunnel: Bareudp Tunnel Support.")
>> Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  lib/netdev-vport.c | 8 ++++++--
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/netdev-vport.c b/lib/netdev-vport.c
>> index ed67b509d..d11269d00 100644
>> --- a/lib/netdev-vport.c
>> +++ b/lib/netdev-vport.c
>> @@ -813,9 +813,13 @@ set_tunnel_config(struct netdev *dev_, const struct 
>> smap *args, char **errp)
>>                   tnl_cfg.exts |= (1 << OVS_BAREUDP_EXT_MULTIPROTO_MODE);
>>              } else {
>>                   uint16_t payload_ethertype;
>> +                 char *error = str_to_u16(node->value, "payload_type",
>> +                                          &payload_ethertype);
>
> Alternative would be to use str_to_uint() directly, but there'd be a bit
> of messing around with bounds checks and types, so it's probably more
> readable as you have it.
> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>

Thanks, Kevin. Yeah, I was also a bit confused by the various str_to_xx() 
helpers, some return a boolean, others an error string, so I figured this 
approach would be the simplest and most consistent.

Thanks for the ack!

//Eelco

>> -                 if (str_to_u16(node->value, "payload_type",
>> -                                &payload_ethertype)) {
>> +                 if (error) {
>> +                     free(error);
>> +                     ds_put_format(&errors, "%s: bad %s 'payload_type'\n",
>> +                                   name, node->value);
>>                       err = EINVAL;
>>                       goto out;
>>                   }

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