[1.3,1/2] qom: dynamic_cast of NULL is always NULL

Trying to cast a NULL value will cause a crash.  Returning
NULL is also sensible, and it is also what the type-unsafe
DO_UPCAST macro does.

Reported-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 qom/object.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Am 23.11.2012 16:56, schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> Trying to cast a NULL value will cause a crash.  Returning
> NULL is also sensible, and it is also what the type-unsafe
> DO_UPCAST macro does.
> 
> Reported-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

I believe we had a lengthy discussion of where to place the NULL
checks... seems that was never followed up with a v2 then.

In practice however most of NULL assertions stem from misuses of the
cast macros, i.e. using them before qdev_create() or so, which we should
not hide because they lead to segfaults later.

> ---
>  qom/object.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
> index d7092b0..2e18c9a 100644
> --- a/qom/object.c
> +++ b/qom/object.c
> @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void object_delete(Object *obj)
>  
>  Object *object_dynamic_cast(Object *obj, const char *typename)
>  {
> -    if (object_class_dynamic_cast(object_get_class(obj), typename)) {
> +    if (obj && object_class_dynamic_cast(object_get_class(obj), typename)) {
>          return obj;
>      }
>  

This is followed by return NULL;

Ack on this part.

> @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Object *object_dynamic_cast_assert(Object *obj, const char *typename)
>  
>      inst = object_dynamic_cast(obj, typename);
>  
> -    if (!inst) {
> +    if (!inst && obj) {
>          fprintf(stderr, "Object %p is not an instance of type %s\n",
>                  obj, typename);
>          abort();

This is followed by return inst;

Since this function clearly has assert in the name I don't think this is
right. I would expect %p to print 0x0 and the function to abort.

Regards,
Andreas

Il 23/11/2012 17:16, Andreas Färber ha scritto:
>> > @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Object *object_dynamic_cast_assert(Object *obj, const char *typename)
>> >  
>> >      inst = object_dynamic_cast(obj, typename);
>> >  
>> > -    if (!inst) {
>> > +    if (!inst && obj) {
>> >          fprintf(stderr, "Object %p is not an instance of type %s\n",
>> >                  obj, typename);
>> >          abort();
> This is followed by return inst;
> 
> Since this function clearly has assert in the name I don't think this is
> right. I would expect %p to print 0x0 and the function to abort.

I think it's okay to segfault in this case.

Otherwise you need to replace this simple cast+check pair:

    SCSIDevice *s = SCSI_DEVICE(some->long.expressio[n]);
    if (!s) {
        return;
    }

with something that is more complex:

    DeviceState *d = some->long.expressio[n];
    SCSIDevice *s;

    if (!d) {
        return;
    }
    s = SCSI_DEVICE(d);

Paolo

Am 23.11.2012 17:25, schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> Il 23/11/2012 17:16, Andreas Färber ha scritto:
>>>> @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Object *object_dynamic_cast_assert(Object *obj, const char *typename)
>>>>  
>>>>      inst = object_dynamic_cast(obj, typename);
>>>>  
>>>> -    if (!inst) {
>>>> +    if (!inst && obj) {
>>>>          fprintf(stderr, "Object %p is not an instance of type %s\n",
>>>>                  obj, typename);
>>>>          abort();
>> This is followed by return inst;
>>
>> Since this function clearly has assert in the name I don't think this is
>> right. I would expect %p to print 0x0 and the function to abort.
> 
> I think it's okay to segfault in this case.
> 
> Otherwise you need to replace this simple cast+check pair:
> 
>     SCSIDevice *s = SCSI_DEVICE(some->long.expressio[n]);
>     if (!s) {
>         return;
>     }
> 
> with something that is more complex:
> 
>     DeviceState *d = some->long.expressio[n];
>     SCSIDevice *s;
> 
>     if (!d) {
>         return;
>     }
>     s = SCSI_DEVICE(d);

Right now our use of those macros guarantees that the result is never
NULL, so there are no such checks! That expectation is broken by your
patch - I'm guessing without reviewing all derived macros.

If having SCSI_BUS() return NULL was your intent you would not have
needed to switch to object_dynamic_cast in your second patch. :)

But let's leave it for Anthony to decide how he wants his macros to work. ;)

Andreas

Il 23/11/2012 17:30, Andreas Färber ha scritto:
> If having SCSI_BUS() return NULL was your intent you would not have
> needed to switch to object_dynamic_cast in your second patch. :)

In the second patch I needed object_dynamic_cast in case the bus was not
a SCSI bus at all.

For example:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -S -monitor stdio -device piix3-usb-uhci
(qemu) drive_add 4 if=scsi
Object 0x7f2dcdcfe380 is not an instance of type SCSI
Aborted

Paolo