Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] examples/vm_power_manager: fix string null termination

["Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>]

On 26-Apr-19 3:04 PM, David Hunt wrote:
> coverity complains about a null-termination after a read,
> so we terminate once we exit the do-while read loop.
> 
> Coverity issue: 337680
> Fixes: a63504a90f ("examples/power: add JSON string handling")
> CC: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
> 
> ---
> v2: Move null termination outside of do-while.
> v3: Simplify null termimation
> ---
>   examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c | 7 +------
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> index 971e4f2bc..4a287109b 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
> @@ -822,12 +822,7 @@ read_json_packet(struct channel_info *chan_info)
>   				break;
>   		} while (indent > 0);
>   
> -		if (indent > 0)
> -			/*
> -			 * We've broken out of the read loop without getting
> -			 * a closing brace, so throw away the data
> -			 */
> -			json_data[idx] = 0;
> +		json_data[idx] = '\0';
>   
>   		if (strlen(json_data) == 0)
>   			continue;
> 

Reviewed-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>

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Thanks,
Anatoly