[libvirt] Crash when using python-libvirt setSchedulerParameters

Brian Rak brak at gameservers.com
Thu Mar 27 15:01:39 UTC 2014


On 3/27/2014 10:54 AM, Brian Rak wrote:
>
> On 3/25/2014 6:50 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> On 24.03.2014 21:45, Brian Rak wrote:
>>> I'm seeing a very weird (and somewhat reproducable) crash in
>>> setSchedulerParameters.  The backtrace looks like this:
>>>
>>> *** glibc detected *** python2.7: free(): invalid pointer:
>>> 0x000000000152bc48 ***
>>> ======= Backtrace: =========
>>> /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x76166)[0x7faa9e991166]
>>> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirtmod.so(virFree+0x29)[0x7faa9887bfe9] 
>>>
>>>
>>> /lib/libvirt.so.0(virTypedParamsClear+0x54)[0x7faa98342fe4]
>>> /lib/libvirt.so.0(virTypedParamsFree+0x1e)[0x7faa9834302e]
>>> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirtmod.so(+0x1b4dc)[0x7faa9886c4dc] 
>>>
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x5629)[0x7faa9f63a129] 
>>>
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x68e8)[0x7faa9f63b3e8] 
>>>
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x8ae)[0x7faa9f63bd5e]
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCode+0x32)[0x7faa9f63be72]
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(+0xff25c)[0x7faa9f65625c]
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyRun_FileExFlags+0x90)[0x7faa9f656330]
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags+0xef)[0x7faa9f6578cf] 
>>>
>>>
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(Py_Main+0xc56)[0x7faa9f6693f6]
>>> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd)[0x7faa9e939d1d]
>>> python2.7[0x400649]
>>>
>>>
>>> I am using:
>>> Python2.7
>>> Python-Libvirt 1.2.2 with the "[PATCH libvirt-python 1/2]
>>> setPyVirTypedParameter: Copy full field name" patch.
>>> Libvirt 1.2.1
>>
>> Is the following patch applied as well?
>>
>> commit 69c4600d61fa74c4977d2471a29fb73f0fe5edb0
>> Author:     Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
>> AuthorDate: Tue Mar 18 09:20:00 2014 +0100
>> Commit:     Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
>> CommitDate: Tue Mar 18 14:43:10 2014 +0100
>>
>>     setPyVirTypedParameter: free whole return variable on error
>>
>>     The @ret value is built in a loop. However, if in one iteration
>>     there's an error, we should free all the fields built so far. For
>>     instance, if there's an error and the previous item was
>>     type of VIR_TYPED_PARAM_STRING we definitely must free it.
>>
>>     Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
>>
>>
>> Can you install debuginfo so we see the full stack trace?
>>
>> Michal
> Unfortunately, even with that patch I'm still seeing crashes.
>
> Apparently, this crash only happens when running normally (it doesn't 
> crash when running under gdb).  I created a core dump, and have what 
> might be a better call stack:
>
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x00007f96047cd925 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> #1  0x00007f96047cf105 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> #2  0x00007f960480b837 in __libc_message () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> #3  0x00007f9604811166 in malloc_printerr () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> #4  0x00007f95fe6fbff9 in virFree (ptrptr=0x2463918) at 
> libvirt-utils.c:119
> #5  0x00007f95fe1c2fe4 in virTypedParamsClear (params=<value optimized 
> out>, nparams=5) at util/virtypedparam.c:1147
> #6  0x00007f95fe1c302e in virTypedParamsFree (params=0x2463800, 
> nparams=<value optimized out>) at util/virtypedparam.c:1166
> #7  0x00007f95fe6ec4ec in libvirt_virDomainSetSchedulerParameters 
> (self=<value optimized out>, args=<value optimized out>) at 
> libvirt-override.c:975
> #8  0x00007f96054ba129 in call_function (f=<value optimized out>, 
> throwflag=<value optimized out>) at 
> /usr/src/debug/Python-2.7.6/Python/ceval.c:4098
> ... truncated
>
>
> This patch corrects the issue.  new_params is not guaranteed to have 
> the same number of parameters as params, so we can't use nparams here 
> to free the object.
>
> diff --git a/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c 
> b/python27-libvirt/libvi
> index f8fafa7..9725870 100755
> --- a/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c
> +++ b/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c
> @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetSchedulerParameters(PyObject 
> *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
>      int i_retval;
>      int nparams = 0;
>      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
> -    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
> +    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;
>
>      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char 
> *)"OO:virDomainSetScedulerParameters",
>                            &pyobj_domain, &info))
> @@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetSchedulerParameters(PyObject 
> *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
>
>  cleanup:
>      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
> -    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
> +    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
>      return ret;
>  }
>
>
> I am not sure if the 'params = NULL' change is necessary, but that 
> seemed like a potential bug anyway.


Turns out this issue occurs a bunch of other places as well.  Better 
patch, fixes all the ones I see:

diff --git a/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c 
b/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c
--- a/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c
+++ b/python27-libvirt/libvirt-python-1.2.2/libvirt-override.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetSchedulerParameters(PyObject 
*self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
      int i_retval;
      int nparams = 0;
      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
-    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;

      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char 
*)"OO:virDomainSetScedulerParameters",
                            &pyobj_domain, &info))
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetSchedulerParameters(PyObject 
*self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,

  cleanup:
      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
-    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
+    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
      return ret;
  }

@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetBlkioParameters(PyObject *self 
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
      int nparams = 0;
      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
      unsigned int flags;
-    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;

      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,
                            (char *)"OOi:virDomainSetBlkioParameters",
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetBlkioParameters(PyObject *self 
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,

  cleanup:
      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
-    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
+    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
      return ret;
  }

@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetMemoryParameters(PyObject 
*self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
      int nparams = 0;
      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
      unsigned int flags;
-    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;

      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,
                            (char *)"OOi:virDomainSetMemoryParameters",
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetMemoryParameters(PyObject 
*self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,

  cleanup:
      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
-    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
+    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
      return ret;
  }

@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetNumaParameters(PyObject *self 
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
      int nparams = 0;
      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
      unsigned int flags;
-    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;

      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,
                            (char *)"OOi:virDomainSetNumaParameters",
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetNumaParameters(PyObject *self 
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,

  cleanup:
      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
-    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
+    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
      return ret;
  }

@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetInterfaceParameters(PyObject 
*self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
      unsigned int flags;
      const char *device = NULL;
-    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;

      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,
                            (char *)"OzOi:virDomainSetInterfaceParameters",
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetInterfaceParameters(PyObject 
*self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,

  cleanup:
      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
-    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
+    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
      return ret;
  }

@@ -4785,7 +4785,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetBlockIoTune(PyObject *self 
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
      Py_ssize_t size = 0;
      const char *disk;
      unsigned int flags;
-    virTypedParameterPtr params, new_params = NULL;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL, new_params = NULL;

      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char *)"OzOi:virDomainSetBlockIoTune",
                            &pyobj_domain, &disk, &info, &flags))
@@ -4843,7 +4843,7 @@ libvirt_virDomainSetBlockIoTune(PyObject *self 
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,

  cleanup:
      virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
-    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, nparams);
+    virTypedParamsFree(new_params, size);
      return ret;
  }





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