Re: [PATCH bpf v2] tools: bpftool: fix infinite loop in map create

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Apr 12 2019 - 19:45:18 EST


On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:40:50 +0200, Alban Crequy wrote:
> From: Alban Crequy <alban@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> "bpftool map create" has an infinite loop on "while (argc)". The error
> case is missing.
>
> Symptoms: when forgetting to type the keyword 'type' in front of 'hash':
> $ sudo bpftool map create /sys/fs/bpf/dir/foobar hash key 8 value 8 entries 128
> (infinite loop, taking all the CPU)
> ^C
>
> After the patch:
> $ sudo bpftool map create /sys/fs/bpf/dir/foobar hash key 8 value 8 entries 128
> Error: unknown arg hash
>
> Fixes: 0b592b5a01be ("tools: bpftool: add map create command")
> Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <alban@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>