In message <20170219180207.GA6808@brick>, Edward Tomasz Napierala writes:
> On 0219T0819, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > In message <201702191608.v1jg8wan068...@repo.freebsd.org>, Edward Tomasz 
> > Napier
> > ala writes:
> > > Author: trasz
> > > Date: Sun Feb 19 16:08:58 2017
> > > New Revision: 313943
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/313943
> > > 
> > > Log:
> > >   Make mdconfig(8) not segfault when the kernel returns garbage data.
> > >   
> > >   MFC after:      2 weeks
> > >   Sponsored by:   DARPA, AFRL
> > > 
> > > Modified:
> > >   head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.c
> > > 
> > > Modified: head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.c
> > > =========================================================================
> ====
> > > =
> > > --- head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.c Sun Feb 19 14:53:59 2017        (r31394
> > > 2)
> > > +++ head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.c Sun Feb 19 16:08:58 2017        (r31394
> > > 3)
> > > @@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ md_list(const char *units, int opt, cons
> > >                   }
> > >                   gc = &pp->lg_config;
> > >                   type = geom_config_get(gc, "type");
> > > -                 if (strcmp(type, "vnode") == 0 ||
> > > -                     strcmp(type, "preload") == 0) {
> > > +                 if (type != NULL && (strcmp(type, "vnode") == 0 ||
> > > +                     strcmp(type, "preload") == 0)) {
> > >                           file = geom_config_get(gc, "file");
> > >                           if (fflag != NULL &&
> > >                               strcmp(fflag, file) != 0)
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I wonder why the kernel is returning garbage data?
> 
> Because of a bug.  I hadn't tracked that down yet, though, and while
> kernel should be trusted, some additional error checking won't hurt.

Agreed.


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com>
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