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Re: [PATCH XENSTORE v1 09/10] xs: handle daemon socket error



Norbert Manthey writes ("[PATCH XENSTORE v1 09/10] xs: handle daemon socket 
error"):
> When starting the daemon, we might see a NULL pointer instead of the
> path to the socket.
> 
> Only relevant in case we start the process in a very deep directory
> path, with a length close to 4096 so that appending "/socket" would
> exceed the limit. Hence, such an error is unlikely, but should still be
> fixed to not result in a NULL pointer dereference.

This description talks about starting the daemon ...

> ---
>  tools/libs/store/xs.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

But I think ...

> +     if (!connect_to)
> +             return NULL;
> +

... this is client code ?

Apologies if I am confused.

Ian.



 


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