netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ifstat: handle strdup return value

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:34:43 -0600
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>,
 Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@...il.com>
Cc: stephen@...workplumber.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ifstat: handle strdup return value

On 3/14/24 8:23 PM, Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
>> diff --git a/misc/ifstat.c b/misc/ifstat.c
>> index 685e66c9..f94b11bc 100644
>> --- a/misc/ifstat.c
>> +++ b/misc/ifstat.c
>> @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ static int get_nlmsg_extended(struct nlmsghdr *m, void *arg)
>>
>>  	n->ifindex = ifsm->ifindex;
>>  	n->name = strdup(ll_index_to_name(ifsm->ifindex));
>> +	if (!n->name) {
>> +		free(n);
>> +		errno = ENOMEM;
> strdup() will set the errno right ? why do you need to set it explicitly ?

agreed.

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