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[v2,3/9] backends/tpm: Replace g_alloca() by g_malloc()

Message ID 20210506133758.1749233-4-philmd@redhat.com
State New
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Series misc: Replace alloca() by g_malloc() | expand

Commit Message

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé May 6, 2021, 1:37 p.m. UTC 
The ALLOCA(3) man-page mentions its "use is discouraged".

Replace a g_alloca() call by a g_malloc() one, moving the
allocation before the MUTEX guarded block.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
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 backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Stefan Berger May 6, 2021, 2:46 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 5/6/21 9:37 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> The ALLOCA(3) man-page mentions its "use is discouraged".
>
> Replace a g_alloca() call by a g_malloc() one, moving the
> allocation before the MUTEX guarded block.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
index e5f1063ab6c..d37a6d563a3 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
+++ b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
@@ -124,10 +124,9 @@  static int tpm_emulator_ctrlcmd(TPMEmulator *tpm, unsigned long cmd, void *msg,
     CharBackend *dev = &tpm->ctrl_chr;
     uint32_t cmd_no = cpu_to_be32(cmd);
     ssize_t n = sizeof(uint32_t) + msg_len_in;
-    uint8_t *buf = NULL;
+    g_autofree uint8_t *buf = g_malloc(n);
 
     WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&tpm->mutex) {
-        buf = g_alloca(n);
         memcpy(buf, &cmd_no, sizeof(cmd_no));
         memcpy(buf + sizeof(cmd_no), msg, msg_len_in);