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].

The iommufd_cdev_getfd() passes @errp to error_prepend(). Its @errp is
from vfio_attach_device(), and 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 @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>
Message-ID: <20240311033822.3142585-22-zhao1....@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com>
---
 hw/vfio/iommufd.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
index 9bfddc1360..7baf49e6ee 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static void iommufd_cdev_unbind_and_disconnect(VFIODevice 
*vbasedev)
 
 static int iommufd_cdev_getfd(const char *sysfs_path, Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     long int ret = -ENOTTY;
     char *path, *vfio_dev_path = NULL, *vfio_path = NULL;
     DIR *dir = NULL;
-- 
2.44.0


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