On 12/6/24 05:34, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 4:22 AM Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 05/12/2024 12:09, Rong Tao wrote:
From: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>
If the input file and output file are the same, the input file is cleared
due to opening, resulting in a NULL pointer access by libbpf.
$ bpftool gen object prog.o prog.o
libbpf: failed to get ELF header for prog.o: invalid `Elf' handle
Segmentation fault
(gdb) bt
#0 0x0000000000450285 in linker_append_elf_syms (linker=0x4feda0, obj=0x7fffffffe100) at linker.c:1296
#1 bpf_linker__add_file (linker=0x4feda0, filename=<optimized out>, opts=<optimized out>) at linker.c:453
#2 0x000000000040c235 in do_object ()
#3 0x00000000004021d7 in main ()
(gdb) frame 0
#0 0x0000000000450285 in linker_append_elf_syms (linker=0x4feda0, obj=0x7fffffffe100) at linker.c:1296
1296 Elf64_Sym *sym = symtab->data->d_buf;
Signed-off-by: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Isn't this papering over a deeper underlying issue? Why do we get
SIGSEGV inside the linker at all instead of just erroring out?
Comparison based on file path isn't a reliable way to check if input
and output are both the same file, so this fixes the most obvious
case, but not the actual issue.
Thanks for your replay! The current scenario is similar to the following
code.
After a.txt is opened in read mode, it is opened in write mode again, which
causes the contents of a.txt file to be cleared, resulting in no data
being read,
fpr = fopen("a.txt", "r");
fpw = fopen("a.txt", "w");
/* fgets() will get nothing, It's not glibc's fault. */
while (fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), fpr))
printf("%s", buff);
fprintf(fpw, "....");
fclose(fpr);
fclose(fpw);
corresponding to the SEGV of bpftool. Perhaps we can add the following
warning
if (x == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Maybe the file was opened for writing after
opened for read\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
Whether this warning can be added may depend on libelf's processing. I will
try to fix this SEGV in libbpf, hopefully it can be fixed.
Thanks,
Rong Tao
Thank you!
