Re: [PATCH 14/17] migration/option: Fix missing ERRP_GUARD() for error_prepend()

[Peter Xu]

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:39:11PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote:
> From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@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 the pointer of
> error_fatal, the user can't see this additional information, because
> exit() happens in error_setg earlier than information is added [1].
> 
> The migrate_params_check() passes @errp to error_prepend() without
> ERRP_GUARD(), and it could be called from migration_object_init(),
> where the passed @errp points to @error_fatal.
> 
> Therefore, the error message echoed in error_prepend() will be lost
> because of the above issue.
> 
> To fix this, 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: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> Cc: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>

Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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Peter Xu