From: Eric Sandeen Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: make ext2fs_free() to set the pointer to NULL Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:49:56 -0600 Message-ID: <5304E0B4.3000005@redhat.com> References: <1392810496-9090-1-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: tytso@mit.edu To: Lukas Czerner , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:5993 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753833AbaBSQuB (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:50:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1392810496-9090-1-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2/19/14, 5:48 AM, Lukas Czerner wrote: > Currently someone uses ext2fs_free() to free the ext2_filsys structure, > he is also responsible to set the pointer to that structure to NULL, > because ext2fs_free() is not able to do that. > > This however is in contrast with ext2fs_free_mem() which requires as an > argument pointer to the pointer and it will in fact set the pointer to > NULL for us. This is probably the reason why majority of places where we > use ext2fs_free() does not set the pointer to NULL afterwards. > > Fix this by changing function ext2fs_free() so that it'll require > pointer to the ext2_filsys as an argument and will be able to set the > pointer to NULL for us. > > I do not currently have any way to trigger the issue in recent > e2fsprogs. Part of the reason is that there are some fixes which just > obfuscates the real problem (for example > 7ff040f30f0ff3bf5e2c832da3cb577e00a52d60) and the other part might be > just coincidence. Hrmph, sorry for obfuscating. ;) I agree that this seems like a good change, especially to make it more consistent with the NULL assignment that ext2fs_free_mem does. Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen Thanks Lukas! > I was however able to reproduce this with e2fsprogs 1.42.9 using the > image in bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=997982. With > this patch it fixes it. However I am not sure why it got fixed in the > recent e2fsprogs since git bisect lands into the merge commit - however > I think it's just a coincidence rather than targeted fix. > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner > --- > e2fsck/journal.c | 2 +- > e2fsck/unix.c | 12 ++++-------- > lib/ext2fs/closefs.c | 2 +- > lib/ext2fs/dupfs.c | 2 +- > lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h | 2 +- > lib/ext2fs/freefs.c | 10 ++++++++-- > lib/ext2fs/initialize.c | 2 +- > lib/ext2fs/openfs.c | 7 +++---- > misc/tune2fs.c | 2 +- > resize/online.c | 2 +- > resize/resize2fs.c | 4 ++-- > 11 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/e2fsck/journal.c b/e2fsck/journal.c > index a7b1150..ef964a0 100644 > --- a/e2fsck/journal.c > +++ b/e2fsck/journal.c > @@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ errcode_t e2fsck_run_ext3_journal(e2fsck_t ctx) > kbytes_written = stats->bytes_written >> 10; > > ext2fs_mmp_stop(ctx->fs); > - ext2fs_free(ctx->fs); > + ext2fs_free(&ctx->fs); > retval = ext2fs_open(ctx->filesystem_name, EXT2_FLAG_RW, > ctx->superblock, blocksize, io_ptr, > &ctx->fs); > diff --git a/e2fsck/unix.c b/e2fsck/unix.c > index 429f1cd..b4d23de 100644 > --- a/e2fsck/unix.c > +++ b/e2fsck/unix.c > @@ -1051,10 +1051,8 @@ static errcode_t try_open_fs(e2fsck_t ctx, int flags, io_manager io_ptr, > int blocksize; > for (blocksize = EXT2_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE; > blocksize <= EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE; blocksize *= 2) { > - if (*ret_fs) { > - ext2fs_free(*ret_fs); > - *ret_fs = NULL; > - } > + if (*ret_fs) > + ext2fs_free(ret_fs); > retval = ext2fs_open2(ctx->filesystem_name, > ctx->io_options, flags, > ctx->superblock, blocksize, > @@ -1292,10 +1290,8 @@ restart: > retval = retval2; > goto failure; > } > - if (fs->flags & EXT2_FLAG_NOFREE_ON_ERROR) { > - ext2fs_free(fs); > - fs = NULL; > - } > + if (fs->flags & EXT2_FLAG_NOFREE_ON_ERROR) > + ext2fs_free(&fs); > if (!fs || (fs->group_desc_count > 1)) { > log_out(ctx, _("%s: %s trying backup blocks...\n"), > ctx->program_name, > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c b/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c > index c2eaec1..b0e515d 100644 > --- a/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c > @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_close2(ext2_filsys fs, int flags) > if (retval) > return retval; > > - ext2fs_free(fs); > + ext2fs_free(&fs); > return 0; > } > > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/dupfs.c b/lib/ext2fs/dupfs.c > index 02721e1..7568d89 100644 > --- a/lib/ext2fs/dupfs.c > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/dupfs.c > @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_dup_handle(ext2_filsys src, ext2_filsys *dest) > *dest = fs; > return 0; > errout: > - ext2fs_free(fs); > + ext2fs_free(&fs); > return retval; > > } > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > index 7f7fd1f..a084888 100644 > --- a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h > @@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ extern char *ext2fs_find_block_device(dev_t device); > extern errcode_t ext2fs_sync_device(int fd, int flushb); > > /* freefs.c */ > -extern void ext2fs_free(ext2_filsys fs); > +extern void ext2fs_free(ext2_filsys *fs); > extern void ext2fs_free_dblist(ext2_dblist dblist); > extern void ext2fs_badblocks_list_free(ext2_badblocks_list bb); > extern void ext2fs_u32_list_free(ext2_u32_list bb); > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/freefs.c b/lib/ext2fs/freefs.c > index 89a157b..be7c677 100644 > --- a/lib/ext2fs/freefs.c > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/freefs.c > @@ -18,8 +18,14 @@ > #include "ext2_fs.h" > #include "ext2fsP.h" > > -void ext2fs_free(ext2_filsys fs) > +/* > + * Free ext2_filsys. The 'fs_ptr' arg must point to a ext2_filsys > + * which is the pointer to struct_ext2_filsys. > + */ > +void ext2fs_free(ext2_filsys *fs_ptr) > { > + ext2_filsys fs = *fs_ptr; > + > if (!fs || (fs->magic != EXT2_ET_MAGIC_EXT2FS_FILSYS)) > return; > if (fs->image_io != fs->io) { > @@ -61,7 +67,7 @@ void ext2fs_free(ext2_filsys fs) > > fs->magic = 0; > > - ext2fs_free_mem(&fs); > + ext2fs_free_mem(fs_ptr); > } > > /* > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c > index 75fbf8e..72ff090 100644 > --- a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c > @@ -530,6 +530,6 @@ ipg_retry: > return 0; > cleanup: > free(buf); > - ext2fs_free(fs); > + ext2fs_free(&fs); > return retval; > } > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c b/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c > index aba8a50..6a49083 100644 > --- a/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c > @@ -476,10 +476,9 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_open2(const char *name, const char *io_options, > > return 0; > cleanup: > - if (flags & EXT2_FLAG_NOFREE_ON_ERROR) > - *ret_fs = fs; > - else > - ext2fs_free(fs); > + if (!(flags & EXT2_FLAG_NOFREE_ON_ERROR)) > + ext2fs_free(&fs); > + *ret_fs = fs; > return retval; > } > > diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c > index 8ff47d2..5a3f6db 100644 > --- a/misc/tune2fs.c > +++ b/misc/tune2fs.c > @@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ retry_open: > fprintf(stderr, "%s", > _("Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.\n")); > > - ext2fs_free(fs); > + ext2fs_free(&fs); > exit(1); > } > fs->default_bitmap_type = EXT2FS_BMAP64_RBTREE; > diff --git a/resize/online.c b/resize/online.c > index 46d86b0..afd5bb6 100644 > --- a/resize/online.c > +++ b/resize/online.c > @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ errcode_t online_resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, const char *mtpt, > } > } > > - ext2fs_free(new_fs); > + ext2fs_free(&new_fs); > close(fd); > > return 0; > diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.c b/resize/resize2fs.c > index 498cf99..6f19528 100644 > --- a/resize/resize2fs.c > +++ b/resize/resize2fs.c > @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags, > > rfs->flags = flags; > > - ext2fs_free(rfs->old_fs); > + ext2fs_free(&rfs->old_fs); > if (rfs->itable_buf) > ext2fs_free_mem(&rfs->itable_buf); > if (rfs->reserve_blocks) > @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags, > > errout: > if (rfs->new_fs) > - ext2fs_free(rfs->new_fs); > + ext2fs_free(&rfs->new_fs); > if (rfs->itable_buf) > ext2fs_free_mem(&rfs->itable_buf); > ext2fs_free_mem(&rfs); >