[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/nfp: check function return value

Alejandro Lucero alejandro.lucero at netronome.com
Wed Nov 8 13:19:48 CET 2017


The fstat function could return a value that indicates an error condition.
If this is not checked, the error condition may not be handled correctly.

Fixes: f37d8a4b67b2 ("net/nfp: add NSP FW upload command")
Coverity: 195019

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero at netronome.com>
---
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c
index 3c8cdad..39d14e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c
@@ -341,7 +341,12 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	fstat(fw_f, &file_stat);
+	if (fstat(fw_f, &file_stat) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, PMD, "Firmware file %s/%s size is unknown",
+			DEFAULT_FW_PATH, DEFAULT_FW_FILENAME);
+		close(fw_f);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	fsize = file_stat.st_size;
 	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, PMD, "Firmware file with size: %" PRIu64 "\n",
-- 
1.9.1



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