Fix issues discovered by static analysis #1127
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Summary of ChangesHello @vojtechtrefny, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed! This pull request addresses several issues identified by static analysis tools, including Coverity, Clang, and GCC. The changes primarily focus on enhancing the robustness and error handling of the codebase. Key improvements include preventing null pointer dereferences during XFS filesystem parsing, ensuring proper error management when opening files for S390 device operations, and refining the thread-safe retrieval of Linux kernel version information. Highlights
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This pull request addresses several issues found by static analysis tools by adding necessary checks and improving locking mechanisms. The added null checks in xfs.c and s390.c prevent potential crashes from dereferencing null pointers, which is a great improvement for robustness. The refactoring in module.c correctly fixes a race condition and a potential deadlock related to fetching the Linux kernel version.
My review focuses on maintainability. While the fixes are correct, they introduce some code duplication in the error handling paths. I've left a couple of suggestions to refactor this duplicated code, which would make the functions easier to read and maintain in the long run. Overall, these are valuable fixes that improve the stability of the code.
| if (!val_start) { | ||
| g_set_error (error, BD_FS_ERROR, BD_FS_ERROR_PARSE, "Failed to parse xfs file system information"); | ||
| g_strfreev (lines); | ||
| bd_fs_xfs_info_free (ret); | ||
| return NULL; | ||
| } |
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While adding this null check is crucial for correctness, the error handling logic is now duplicated in multiple places within this function (e.g., lines 401-406, 412-417, 430-435, and also in existing code). This makes the code harder to maintain and prone to errors if a cleanup path is modified in one place but not others.
Consider refactoring to use a single cleanup point with goto. This is a common and idiomatic pattern in C for handling resource cleanup and would centralize the logic, reduce duplication, and improve readability.
| if (!fd) { | ||
| g_set_error (&l_error, BD_S390_ERROR, BD_S390_ERROR_DEVICE, | ||
| "Failed to open %s", hba_path); | ||
| g_free (hba_path); | ||
| g_free (fcpsysfs); | ||
| g_free (scsidev); | ||
| bd_utils_report_finished (progress_id, l_error->message); | ||
| g_propagate_error (error, l_error); | ||
| return FALSE; | ||
| } |
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This error handling logic is very similar in the three blocks you've added (here, and at lines 822-832, 853-864) and also resembles other error paths in this function. This leads to a lot of duplicated code, which is difficult to maintain. Since this function deals with many allocated resources inside a loop, consider refactoring to centralize cleanup. A common C idiom is to use goto to a cleanup label.
Multiple issues found by coverity and clang/gcc static analysis tools.
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Multiple issues found by coverity and clang/gcc static analysis tools.