Re: [linux/vd_agent v1 2/2] covscan: avoid false positive on g_clear_pointer()

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> 
> From: Victor Toso <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This is a CLANG_WARNING found by covscan. It is a false positive as
> g_clear_pointer() does set vportp to NULL, meaning that the situation
> described by covscan below should not be reached. Moving away from
> g_clear_pointer() in this specific case just to make our tool happy.
> 
> Covscan report:
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:458:9: warning: Use of
>  > memory after it is freed
>  > #    if (wbuf->write_pos != wbuf->size) {
>  > #        ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:268:12: note: Assuming the
>  > condition is true
>  > #    while (*vportp && (*vportp)->write_buf)
>  > #           ^~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:268:12: note: Left side of
>  > '&&' is true
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:268:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is true.  Entering loop body
>  > #    while (*vportp && (*vportp)->write_buf)
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:269:9: note: Calling
>  > 'vdagent_virtio_port_do_write'
>  > #        vdagent_virtio_port_do_write(vportp);
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:453:5: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > #    if (!wbuf) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:458:9: note: Assuming the
>  > condition is false
>  > #    if (wbuf->write_pos != wbuf->size) {
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:458:5: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > #    if (wbuf->write_pos != wbuf->size) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:465:9: note: Assuming 'n'
>  > is < 0
>  > #    if (n < 0) {
>  > #        ^~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:465:5: note: Taking true
>  > branch
>  > #    if (n < 0) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:466:13: note: Assuming the
>  > condition is false
>  > #        if (errno == EINTR)
>  > #            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > /usr/include/errno.h:38:16: note: expanded from macro 'errno'
>  > ## define errno (*__errno_location ())
>  > #               ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:466:9: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > #        if (errno == EINTR)
>  > #        ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:469:9: note: Calling
>  > 'vdagent_virtio_port_destroy'
>  > #        vdagent_virtio_port_destroy(vportp);
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:130:5: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > #    if (!vport)
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:133:9: note: Assuming the
>  > condition is false
>  > #    if (vport->disconnect_callback)
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:133:5: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > #    if (vport->disconnect_callback)
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:137:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is true.  Entering loop body
>  > #    while (wbuf) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:140:9: note: Memory is
>  > released
>  > #        g_free(wbuf);
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:137:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is false. Execution continues on line 144
>  > #    while (wbuf) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:144:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is true.  Entering loop body
>  > #    for (i = 0; i < VDP_END_PORT; i++) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:144:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is true.  Entering loop body
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:144:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is true.  Entering loop body
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:144:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is false. Execution continues on line 148
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:149:5: note: Assuming '_p'
>  > is null
>  > #    g_clear_pointer(vportp, g_free);
>  > #    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmem.h:124:9: note: expanded from macro
>  > 'g_clear_pointer'
>  > #    if (_p)
>  > \
>  > #        ^~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:149:5: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmem.h:124:5: note: expanded from macro
>  > 'g_clear_pointer'
>  > #    if (_p)
>  > \
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:149:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is false.  Exiting loop
>  > /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmem.h:114:3: note: expanded from macro
>  > 'g_clear_pointer'
>  > #  G_STMT_START {
>  > \
>  > #  ^
>  > /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:346:23: note: expanded from macro
>  > 'G_STMT_START'
>  > ##define G_STMT_START  do
>  > #                      ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:469:9: note: Returning;
>  > memory was released
>  > #        vdagent_virtio_port_destroy(vportp);
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:269:9: note: Returning;
>  > memory was released
>  > #        vdagent_virtio_port_do_write(vportp);
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:268:12: note: Left side of
>  > '&&' is true
>  > #    while (*vportp && (*vportp)->write_buf)
>  > #           ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:268:5: note: Loop
>  > condition is true.  Entering loop body
>  > #    while (*vportp && (*vportp)->write_buf)
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:269:9: note: Calling
>  > 'vdagent_virtio_port_do_write'
>  > #        vdagent_virtio_port_do_write(vportp);
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:453:5: note: Taking false
>  > branch
>  > #    if (!wbuf) {
>  > #    ^
>  > spice-vdagent-0.19.0/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c:458:9: note: Use of memory
>  > after it is freed
>  > #    if (wbuf->write_pos != wbuf->size) {
>  > #        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  > #  456|       }
>  > #  457|
>  > #  458|->     if (wbuf->write_pos != wbuf->size) {
>  > #  459|           syslog(LOG_ERR, "do_write: buffer is incomplete!!");
>  > #  460|           return;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Victor Toso <victortoso@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c b/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c
> index b0556ce..3ae7f22 100644
> --- a/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c
> +++ b/src/vdagentd/virtio-port.c
> @@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ void vdagent_virtio_port_destroy(struct
> vdagent_virtio_port **vportp)
>      }
>  
>      close(vport->fd);
> -    g_clear_pointer(vportp, g_free);
> +    g_free(vport);
> +    *vportp = NULL;
>  }
>  
>  int vdagent_virtio_port_fill_fds(struct vdagent_virtio_port *vport,

Acked.
Probably clang is not able to understand the alias.

Frediano
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