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[for-9.1,v2,01/11] libvhost-user: set msg.msg_control to NULL when it is empty

Message ID 20240326133936.125332-2-sgarzare@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series vhost-user: support any POSIX system (tested on macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD) | expand

Commit Message

Stefano Garzarella March 26, 2024, 1:39 p.m. UTC 
On some OS (e.g. macOS) sendmsg() returns -1 (errno EINVAL) if
the `struct msghdr` has the field `msg_controllen` set to 0, but
`msg_control` is not NULL.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
---
 subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Comments

Eric Blake March 26, 2024, 2:27 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 02:39:26PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On some OS (e.g. macOS) sendmsg() returns -1 (errno EINVAL) if
> the `struct msghdr` has the field `msg_controllen` set to 0, but
> `msg_control` is not NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> ---
>  subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

> 
> diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> index a879149fef..22bea0c775 100644
> --- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> +++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> @@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ vu_message_write(VuDev *dev, int conn_fd, VhostUserMsg *vmsg)
>          memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), vmsg->fds, fdsize);
>      } else {
>          msg.msg_controllen = 0;
> +        msg.msg_control = NULL;
>      }
>  
>      do {
> -- 
> 2.44.0
>
David Hildenbrand March 26, 2024, 2:33 p.m. UTC | #2 
On 26.03.24 14:39, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On some OS (e.g. macOS) sendmsg() returns -1 (errno EINVAL) if
> the `struct msghdr` has the field `msg_controllen` set to 0, but
> `msg_control` is not NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> ---
>   subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> index a879149fef..22bea0c775 100644
> --- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> +++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> @@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ vu_message_write(VuDev *dev, int conn_fd, VhostUserMsg *vmsg)
>           memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), vmsg->fds, fdsize);
>       } else {
>           msg.msg_controllen = 0;
> +        msg.msg_control = NULL;
>       }
>   
>       do {

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
index a879149fef..22bea0c775 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
+++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@  vu_message_write(VuDev *dev, int conn_fd, VhostUserMsg *vmsg)
         memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), vmsg->fds, fdsize);
     } else {
         msg.msg_controllen = 0;
+        msg.msg_control = NULL;
     }
 
     do {