From: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@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 &error_fatal, the user can't see this additional information, because exit() happens in error_setg earlier than information is added [1]. In hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c, there are 2 functions passing @errp to error_prepend() without ERRP_GUARD(): - vfio_add_nv_gpudirect_cap() - vfio_add_vmd_shadow_cap() There are too many possible callers to check the impact of this defect; it may or may not be harmless. Thus it is necessary to protect their @errp with ERRP_GUARD(). 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: Alex Williamson <alex.william...@redhat.com> Cc: "Cédric Le Goater" <c...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <c...@redhat.com> --- v2: Use Markus' sentence to polish commit message. (Markus) --- hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c b/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c index 84b1a7b9485c..496fd1ee86bd 100644 --- a/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c +++ b/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c @@ -1538,6 +1538,7 @@ static bool is_valid_std_cap_offset(uint8_t pos) static int vfio_add_nv_gpudirect_cap(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp) { + ERRP_GUARD(); PCIDevice *pdev = &vdev->pdev; int ret, pos; bool c8_conflict = false, d4_conflict = false; @@ -1630,6 +1631,7 @@ static int vfio_add_nv_gpudirect_cap(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp) #define VMD_SHADOW_CAP_LEN 24 static int vfio_add_vmd_shadow_cap(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp) { + ERRP_GUARD(); uint8_t membar_phys[16]; int ret, pos = 0xE8; -- 2.34.1