netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf v2] tools: bpftool: fix infinite loop in map create

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Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:45:08 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Alban Crequy <alban.crequy@...il.com>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alban@...volk.io, iago@...volk.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf v2] tools: bpftool: fix infinite loop in map create

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:40:50 +0200, Alban Crequy wrote:
> From: Alban Crequy <alban@...volk.io>
> 
> "bpftool map create" has an infinite loop on "while (argc)". The error
> case is missing.
> 
> Symptoms: when forgetting to type the keyword 'type' in front of 'hash':
> $ sudo bpftool map create /sys/fs/bpf/dir/foobar hash key 8 value 8 entries 128
> (infinite loop, taking all the CPU)
> ^C
> 
> After the patch:
> $ sudo bpftool map create /sys/fs/bpf/dir/foobar hash key 8 value 8 entries 128
> Error: unknown arg hash
> 
> Fixes: 0b592b5a01be ("tools: bpftool: add map create command")
> Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <alban@...volk.io>

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>