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[RFC,1/4] ring: future proof flag settings

Message ID 20200212230810.2837-2-stephen@networkplumber.org (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
Headers
Series Enforce flag checking in API's |

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Context Check Description
ci/checkpatch warning coding style issues
ci/Intel-compilation success Compilation OK

Commit Message

Stephen Hemminger Feb. 12, 2020, 11:08 p.m. UTC 
  All API's should check that they support the flag values
passed. If an application passes an invalid flag it could
cause problems in later ABI.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Comments

Ananyev, Konstantin Feb. 13, 2020, 11:12 a.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:08 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/4] ring: future proof flag settings
> 
> All API's should check that they support the flag values
> passed. If an application passes an invalid flag it could
> cause problems in later ABI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
> index 77e5de099b81..6cd8831649ea 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ rte_ring_init(struct rte_ring *r, const char *name, unsigned count,
>  	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_ring, prod) &
>  			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
> 
> +	/* future proof flags, only allow supported values */
> +	if (flags & ~(RING_F_SP_ENQ | RING_F_SC_DEQ)) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, RING,
> +			"Unsupported flags requested %d\n", flags);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +

Good idea, I think, but seems you forgot RING_F_EXACT_SZ.

>  	/* init the ring structure */
>  	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
>  	ret = strlcpy(r->name, name, sizeof(r->name));
> --
> 2.20.1
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diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
index 77e5de099b81..6cd8831649ea 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@  rte_ring_init(struct rte_ring *r, const char *name, unsigned count,
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_ring, prod) &
 			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
 
+	/* future proof flags, only allow supported values */
+	if (flags & ~(RING_F_SP_ENQ | RING_F_SC_DEQ)) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, RING,
+			"Unsupported flags requested %d\n", flags);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+		
 	/* init the ring structure */
 	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
 	ret = strlcpy(r->name, name, sizeof(r->name));