Re: [PATCH v4] kconfig: recursive checks drop file/lineno

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On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 10:51 AM HONG Yifan <elsk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This prevents segfault when getting filename and lineno in recursive
> checks.
>
> If the following snippet is found in Kconfig:
>
> [Test code 1]
>
> config FOO
>         bool
>         depends on BAR
>         select BAR
>
> ... without BAR defined; then there is a segfault.
>
>   Kconfig:34:error: recursive dependency detected!
>   Kconfig:34:   symbol FOO depends on BAR
>   make[4]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:85: allnoconfig] Segmentation fault
>
> This is because of the following. BAR is a fake entry created by
> sym_lookup() with prop being NULL. In the recursive check, there is a
> NULL check for prop to fall back to stack->sym->prop if stack->prop is
> NULL. However, in this case, stack->sym points to the fake BAR entry
> created by sym_lookup(), so prop is still NULL. prop was then referenced
> without additional NULL checks, causing segfault.
>
> As the previous email thread suggests, the file and lineno for select is
> also wrong:
>
> [Test code 2]
>
> config FOO
>        bool
>
> config BAR
>        bool
>
> config FOO
>        bool "FOO"
>        depends on BAR
>        select BAR
>
>   $ make defconfig
>   *** Default configuration is based on 'x86_64_defconfig'
>   Kconfig:1:error: recursive dependency detected!
>   Kconfig:1: symbol FOO depends on BAR
>   Kconfig:4: symbol BAR is selected by FOO
>   [...]
>
> Kconfig:4 should be Kconfig:10.
>
> This patch deletes the wrong and segfault-prone filename/lineno
> inference completely. With this patch, Test code 1 yields:
>
> error: recursive dependency detected!
>         symbol FOO depends on BAR
>         symbol BAR is selected by FOO
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20240627231919.2461945-1-elsk@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20240620211112.500465-1-elsk@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20240618185609.4096399-1-elsk@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: HONG Yifan <elsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --
> v4: Rebased & addressed comments from masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx. Simplify
>     code by dropping `prop` variable.
> v3: Rebase on top of
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20240626182212.3758235-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
>     & resolve merge conflicts. Fix
>     scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
> v2: Delete all filenames/lineno completely as suggested by
>     masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx


Applied to linux-kbuild.
Thanks!


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada





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