Re: RegOpenKeyExW() Question
Tom Spear wrote: At the risk of looking like an idiot, I'll take a stab at this.. If you RegCloseKey on env, and it is not initialized, then RegCloseKey will generate ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE, so I personally think that something like the first approach would be the better one to go with. env should only be initialized (according to what I have seen) if RegOpenKeyExW returns ERROR_SUCCESS. But I haven't seen every case, so there may be something that causes it to be initialized when the return is not ERROR_SUCCESS. Thanks, Tom. I think I might submit a patch to fix the violation that Coverity flags, which is prior to the RegOpenKeyW() call, and just insert a FIXME: comment where the return value of RegOpenKeyW() is tested, without changing the existing functionality. -- Andy.
RegOpenKeyExW() Question
Hi, I want to patch msi:action.c:ITERATE_WriteEnvironmentString() so that it only calls RegCloseKey(env), in the cleanup, if env has been initialized (to fix Coverity report CID-562). I can bypass the call to RegCloseKey() for any early exit that occurs prior to calling RegOpenKeyExW(), and I can include the call to RegCloseKey() for exits that occur after a successful call to RegOpenKeyExW(). However, the problem, for me, is what to do if the call to RegOpenKeyExW() fails: does the occurrence of this initialization depend on the reason for failure. In other words, do I need something like the following code to cater for the reason failure occurred? res = RegOpenKeyExW(root, environment, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, env); if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) if (res == ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE || res == RtlNtStatusToDosError(STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW || res == RtlNtStatusToDosError(STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER)) goto done2; else goto done1; ... done1: RegCloseKey(env); done2: ... Or will the following code suffice? res = RegOpenKeyExW(root, environment, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, env); if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto done2; ... done1: RegCloseKey(env); done2: ... Thanks, -- Andy.
Re: RegOpenKeyExW() Question
On 6/22/07, Andrew Talbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to patch msi:action.c:ITERATE_WriteEnvironmentString() so that it only calls RegCloseKey(env), in the cleanup, if env has been initialized (to fix Coverity report CID-562). I can bypass the call to RegCloseKey() for any early exit that occurs prior to calling RegOpenKeyExW(), and I can include the call to RegCloseKey() for exits that occur after a successful call to RegOpenKeyExW(). However, the problem, for me, is what to do if the call to RegOpenKeyExW() fails: does the occurrence of this initialization depend on the reason for failure. In other words, do I need something like the following code to cater for the reason failure occurred? res = RegOpenKeyExW(root, environment, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, env); if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) if (res == ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE || res == RtlNtStatusToDosError(STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW || res == RtlNtStatusToDosError(STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER)) goto done2; else goto done1; ... done1: RegCloseKey(env); done2: ... Or will the following code suffice? res = RegOpenKeyExW(root, environment, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, env); if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) goto done2; ... done1: RegCloseKey(env); done2: ... At the risk of looking like an idiot, I'll take a stab at this.. If you RegCloseKey on env, and it is not initialized, then RegCloseKey will generate ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE, so I personally think that something like the first approach would be the better one to go with. env should only be initialized (according to what I have seen) if RegOpenKeyExW returns ERROR_SUCCESS. But I haven't seen every case, so there may be something that causes it to be initialized when the return is not ERROR_SUCCESS. -- Thanks Tom
