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[ Upstream commit 27b0fcae8f535fb882b1876227a935dcfdf576aa ]
The xdrgen decoders for strings and opaque data had an
optimization that skipped calling xdr_inline_decode() when the
item length was zero. This left the data pointer uninitialized,
which could lead to unpredictable behavior when callers access
it.
Remove the zero-length check and always call xdr_inline_decode().
When passed a length of zero, xdr_inline_decode() returns the
current buffer position, which is valid and matches the behavior
of hand-coded XDR decoders throughout the kernel.
Fixes: 4b132aacb076 ("tools: Add xdrgen")
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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xdr_stream_encode_u32() returns XDR_UNIT on success.
xdr_stream_decode_u32() returns zero or -EMSGSIZE, but never
XDR_UNIT.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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Add a Python-based tool for translating XDR specifications into XDR
encoder and decoder functions written in the Linux kernel's C coding
style. The generator attempts to match the usual C coding style of
the Linux kernel's SunRPC consumers.
This approach is similar to the netlink code generator in
tools/net/ynl .
The maintainability benefits of machine-generated XDR code include:
- Stronger type checking
- Reduces the number of bugs introduced by human error
- Makes the XDR code easier to audit and analyze
- Enables rapid prototyping of new RPC-based protocols
- Hardens the layering between protocol logic and marshaling
- Makes it easier to add observability on demand
- Unit tests might be built for both the tool and (automatically)
for the generated code
In addition, converting the XDR layer to use memory-safe languages
such as Rust will be easier if much of the code can be converted
automatically.
Tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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