Re: [PATCH] libkmod: Avoid calling syscall() with -1

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Hi Jan,

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Jan Luebbe <jlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 01:21:08PM -0300, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>> Indeed. But I had already a patch for that, just waiting the bug
>> reporter to test it:
>>
>> http://bugs.funtoo.org/browse/FL-534
>>
>> And the patch:
>> http://bugs.funtoo.org/secure/attachment/11098/dont-call-libc.diff
>
> In that patch, the new #ifndef is never used, as __NR_finit_module is
> defined a few lines up.
>
> This one looks better, but failes to compile:
> http://bugs.funtoo.org/secure/attachment/11099/0001-missing-Don-t-call-syscall-with-syscallno-1.patch
> libkmod/missing.h:27:17: error: '__NR_finit_module' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> I've changed your patch a little (put the real call into the #else branch).
> With this version, I don't see the problem any more.
>
> ----
>
> From: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 13:22:57 -0300
> Subject: [PATCH] missing: Don't call syscall() with syscallno == -1
>
> Reported-by: Jean-Francis Roy <jeanfrancis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Jan Luebbe <jlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  libkmod/missing.h |   10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libkmod/missing.h b/libkmod/missing.h
> index edb88b9..b31af84 100644
> --- a/libkmod/missing.h
> +++ b/libkmod/missing.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>  #pragma once
>
> +#include <errno.h>
>  #include <unistd.h>
>  #include <sys/syscall.h>
>
> @@ -15,13 +16,14 @@
>  # define MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC 2
>  #endif
>
> -#ifndef __NR_finit_module
> -# define __NR_finit_module -1
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifndef HAVE_FINIT_MODULE
>  static inline int finit_module(int fd, const char *uargs, int flags)
>  {
> +#ifndef __NR_finit_module
> +       errno = ENOSYS;
> +       return -1;
> +#else
>         return syscall(__NR_finit_module, fd, uargs, flags);
> +#endif
>  }
>  #endif
>
> --

Thanks very much. Patch has been applied

Lucas De Marchi
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