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[iproute2,v2] nstat: print useful error messages in abort() cases

Message ID df68542441f77ecedd95a3c29dd61d696f98dfac.1581946818.git.aclaudi@redhat.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Series [iproute2,v2] nstat: print useful error messages in abort() cases | expand

Commit Message

Andrea Claudi Feb. 17, 2020, 1:46 p.m. UTC
When nstat temporary file is corrupted or in some other corner cases,
nstat use abort() to stop its execution. This can puzzle some users,
wondering what is the reason for the crash.

This commit replaces abort() with some meaningful error messages and exit()

Reported-by: Renaud Métrich <rmetrich@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@redhat.com>
---
 v2: replace two missing abort(), resend to iproute2 instead of iproute2-next

 misc/nstat.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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Patch

diff --git a/misc/nstat.c b/misc/nstat.c
index 23113b223b22d..425e75ef461ec 100644
--- a/misc/nstat.c
+++ b/misc/nstat.c
@@ -142,14 +142,19 @@  static void load_good_table(FILE *fp)
 		}
 		/* idbuf is as big as buf, so this is safe */
 		nr = sscanf(buf, "%s%llu%lg", idbuf, &val, &rate);
-		if (nr < 2)
-			abort();
+		if (nr < 2) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__);
+			exit(-2);
+		}
 		if (nr < 3)
 			rate = 0;
 		if (useless_number(idbuf))
 			continue;
-		if ((n = malloc(sizeof(*n))) == NULL)
-			abort();
+		if ((n = malloc(sizeof(*n))) == NULL) {
+			perror("nstat: malloc");
+			exit(-1);
+		}
 		n->id = strdup(idbuf);
 		n->val = val;
 		n->rate = rate;
@@ -190,8 +195,11 @@  static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 		int count1, count2, skip = 0;
 
 		p = strchr(buf, ':');
-		if (!p)
-			abort();
+		if (!p) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__);
+			exit(-2);
+		}
 		count1 = count_spaces(buf);
 		*p = 0;
 		idbuf[0] = 0;
@@ -211,8 +219,10 @@  static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 				strncat(idbuf, p, sizeof(idbuf) - off - 1);
 			}
 			n = malloc(sizeof(*n));
-			if (!n)
-				abort();
+			if (!n) {
+				perror("nstat: malloc");
+				exit(-1);
+			}
 			n->id = strdup(idbuf);
 			n->rate = 0;
 			n->next = db;
@@ -221,18 +231,27 @@  static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 		}
 		n = db;
 		nread = getline(&buf, &buflen, fp);
-		if (nread == -1)
-			abort();
+		if (nread == -1) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__);
+			exit(-2);
+		}
 		count2 = count_spaces(buf);
 		if (count2 > count1)
 			skip = count2 - count1;
 		do {
 			p = strrchr(buf, ' ');
-			if (!p)
-				abort();
+			if (!p) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+					__FILE__, __LINE__);
+				exit(-2);
+			}
 			*p = 0;
-			if (sscanf(p+1, "%llu", &n->val) != 1)
-				abort();
+			if (sscanf(p+1, "%llu", &n->val) != 1) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+					__FILE__, __LINE__);
+				exit(-2);
+			}
 			/* Trick to skip "dummy" trailing ICMP MIB in 2.4 */
 			if (skip)
 				skip--;