On Thu, 17 May 2007 08:26:18 -0700 (PDT) Need wrote:
NH> In order to learn how to use NetSNMP I was reading through the MFD ifTable
tutorial. Part of the code generated for the "ifTable" table (when using the
"mib2c" command with the MFD configuration file) is the following:
NH>
NH> if ((rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr == NULL) ||
NH> (rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr_len < (ifDescr_len * sizeof(ifDescr[0])))) {
NH> snmp_log(LOG_ERR, "not enough space for value\n");
NH> return MFD_ERROR;
NH> }
NH> rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr_len = ifDescr_len * sizeof(ifDescr[0]);
NH> memcpy(rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr, ifDescr, ifDescr_len * sizeof(ifDescr[0]));
Unfortunately, because of the multitude of options available with the mfd
config, simply presenting this code snippet doesn't help. I either need the
source files, or the mfd configuration files ('default' directory). Without
those, I'm going to guess that this code is in your 'container_load' function.
NH> When runnnig this code I get the "not enough space for value" error being
produced. The reason why it fails is due to the length check which is being
performed (shown below):
NH>
NH> (rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr_len < (ifDescr_len * sizeof(ifDescr[0])))
NH>
NH> It seems to me that this will always fail since the
"rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr_len" variable does not get populated until "after"
the "If" check is performed (see code snipet above).
NH>
NH> Question:
NH> What am I missing? How can this check (which is generated for me
automatically using mib2c) actually ever work?
Remember, this code is a template, not a finished product. Note that the
initial code generated for container_load doesn't even define the variables
used in this snipped (ifDescr, ifDescr_len).
Anyways, in other places where this code is used, it is prefixed with
rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr_len = sizeof(rowreq_ctx->data.ifDescr);
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