From: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
To: sbrivio@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au,
jmaloy@redhat.com, passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: [PATCH v2] util, passt: Close daemon-lifetime fds on exit to avoid Coverity warning
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 18:19:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260607221942.447370-1-jmaloy@redhat.com> (raw)
conf_open_files() opens three file descriptors (fd_tap_listen,
fd_repair_listen, fd_control_listen) that are held for the entire
daemon lifetime. Because no close() call exists for them
anywhere, Coverity flags each as INCOMPLETE_DEALLOCATOR. This is
clearly a false positive, but we still want to get rid of this
warning.
We now register the execution context in global area so that
passt_exit() can use it to close these descriptors before calling
_exit(). All exit paths (signal handler, die(), die_perror())
funnel through passt_exit(), so this covers all cases.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
---
v2: - Made struct ctx global from the beginning, on suggestion
from David Gibson.
- Drop pidfile_fd from passt_exit() cleanup, since it can be
closed directly after use.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
---
passt.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
passt.h | 2 ++
util.c | 7 ++++++
3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/passt.c b/passt.c
index b3f806b9..e75b80b1 100644
--- a/passt.c
+++ b/passt.c
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
char pkt_buf[PKT_BUF_BYTES] __attribute__ ((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+struct ctx passt_ctx = {
+ .pidfile_fd = -1,
+ .fd_tap = -1,
+ .pasta_netns_fd = -1,
+ .device_state_fd = -1,
+};
+
char *epoll_type_str[] = {
[EPOLL_TYPE_TCP] = "connected TCP socket",
[EPOLL_TYPE_TCP_SPLICE] = "connected spliced TCP socket",
@@ -322,9 +329,9 @@ static void passt_worker(void *opaque, int nfds, struct epoll_event *events)
*/
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
+ struct ctx *c = &passt_ctx;
struct epoll_event events[NUM_EPOLL_EVENTS];
int nfds, devnull_fd = -1;
- struct ctx c = { 0 };
struct rlimit limit;
struct timespec now;
struct sigaction sa;
@@ -336,18 +343,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
isolate_initial(argc, argv);
- c.pasta_netns_fd = c.fd_tap = c.pidfile_fd = -1;
- c.device_state_fd = -1;
-
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
sa.sa_flags = 0;
sa.sa_handler = exit_handler;
sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
sigaction(SIGQUIT, &sa, NULL);
- c.mode = conf_mode(argc, argv);
+ c->mode = conf_mode(argc, argv);
- if (c.mode == MODE_PASTA) {
+ if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA) {
sa.sa_handler = pasta_child_handler;
if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL))
die_perror("Couldn't install signal handlers");
@@ -358,67 +362,70 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
madvise(pkt_buf, sizeof(pkt_buf), MADV_HUGEPAGE);
- c.epollfd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
- if (c.epollfd == -1)
+ c->epollfd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+ if (c->epollfd == -1)
die_perror("Failed to create epoll file descriptor");
- flow_epollid_register(EPOLLFD_ID_DEFAULT, c.epollfd);
+ flow_epollid_register(EPOLLFD_ID_DEFAULT, c->epollfd);
if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit))
die_perror("Failed to get maximum value of open files limit");
- c.nofile = limit.rlim_cur = limit.rlim_max;
+ c->nofile = limit.rlim_cur = limit.rlim_max;
if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit))
die_perror("Failed to set current limit for open files");
- sock_probe_features(&c);
+ sock_probe_features(c);
- conf(&c, argc, argv);
- trace_init(c.trace);
+ conf(c, argc, argv);
+ trace_init(c->trace);
- pasta_netns_quit_init(&c);
+ pasta_netns_quit_init(c);
- tap_backend_init(&c);
+ tap_backend_init(c);
- random_init(&c);
+ random_init(c);
if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now))
die_perror("Failed to get CLOCK_MONOTONIC time");
flow_init();
- fwd_scan_ports_init(&c);
+ fwd_scan_ports_init(c);
- if ((!c.no_udp && udp_init(&c)) || (!c.no_tcp && tcp_init(&c)))
+ if ((!c->no_udp && udp_init(c)) || (!c->no_tcp && tcp_init(c)))
passt_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- if (fwd_listen_init(&c))
+ if (fwd_listen_init(c))
passt_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- proto_update_l2_buf(c.guest_mac);
+ proto_update_l2_buf(c->guest_mac);
- if (c.ifi4 && !c.no_dhcp)
+ if (c->ifi4 && !c->no_dhcp)
dhcp_init();
- if (c.ifi6 && !c.no_dhcpv6)
- dhcpv6_init(&c);
+ if (c->ifi6 && !c->no_dhcpv6)
+ dhcpv6_init(c);
- pcap_init(&c);
+ pcap_init(c);
- fwd_neigh_table_init(&c);
- nl_neigh_notify_init(&c);
+ fwd_neigh_table_init(c);
+ nl_neigh_notify_init(c);
- if (!c.foreground) {
+ if (!c->foreground) {
if ((devnull_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC)) < 0)
die_perror("Failed to open /dev/null");
}
- if (isolate_prefork(&c))
+ if (isolate_prefork(c))
die("Failed to sandbox process, exiting");
- if (!c.foreground) {
- __daemon(c.pidfile_fd, devnull_fd);
+ if (!c->foreground) {
+ __daemon(c->pidfile_fd, devnull_fd);
+ close(c->pidfile_fd);
+ c->pidfile_fd = -1;
log_stderr = false;
} else {
- pidfile_write(c.pidfile_fd, getpid());
+ pidfile_write(c->pidfile_fd, getpid());
+ c->pidfile_fd = -1;
}
if (pasta_child_pid) {
@@ -426,19 +433,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
log_stderr = false;
}
- isolate_postfork(&c);
+ isolate_postfork(c);
- timer_init(&c, &now);
+ timer_init(c, &now);
loop:
/* NOLINTBEGIN(bugprone-branch-clone): intervals can be the same */
/* cppcheck-suppress [duplicateValueTernary, unmatchedSuppression] */
- nfds = epoll_wait(c.epollfd, events, NUM_EPOLL_EVENTS, TIMER_INTERVAL);
+ nfds = epoll_wait(c->epollfd, events, NUM_EPOLL_EVENTS, TIMER_INTERVAL);
/* NOLINTEND(bugprone-branch-clone) */
if (nfds == -1 && errno != EINTR)
die_perror("epoll_wait() failed in main loop");
- passt_worker(&c, nfds, events);
+ passt_worker(c, nfds, events);
goto loop;
}
diff --git a/passt.h b/passt.h
index 1726965d..e1905f4c 100644
--- a/passt.h
+++ b/passt.h
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ struct ctx {
bool migrate_exit;
};
+extern struct ctx passt_ctx;
+
void proto_update_l2_buf(const unsigned char *eth_d);
#endif /* PASST_H */
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index b64c29ed..ef6ba80e 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,13 @@ void abort_with_msg(const char *fmt, ...)
*/
void passt_exit(int status)
{
+ if (passt_ctx.fd_tap_listen >= 0)
+ close(passt_ctx.fd_tap_listen);
+ if (passt_ctx.fd_repair_listen >= 0)
+ close(passt_ctx.fd_repair_listen);
+ if (passt_ctx.fd_control_listen >= 0)
+ close(passt_ctx.fd_control_listen);
+
/* Make sure we don't leave the pcap file truncated */
if (pcap_fd != -1 && fsync(pcap_fd))
warn_perror("Failed to flush pcap file, it might be truncated");
--
2.52.0
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