[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-qemu-kvm] patch: pbs block driver: correct a data type

[Fiona Ebner]

Am 10.06.24 um 03:48 schrieb Jing Luo:
> On 2024-06-07 20:49, Fiona Ebner wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> if you haven't already done so, please send a signed copy of the Harmony
>> CLA to office at proxmox.com, see [0].
> 
> Hi, thanks for letting me know, this was done some time last week.
> 

Okay :)

>> Am 07.06.24 um 11:43 schrieb Jing Luo:
>>> gcc warns (-Werror=type-limits) that it will always be false for the
>>> if statement. This is because here s->aid is defined as char, while
>>> proxmox_restore_open_image() returns an int. Change the type to int.
>>> Strangely gcc warns it on arm64 build but not amd64 build...
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for the report!
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jing Luo <jing at jing.rocks>
>>> ---
>>>  ...2-PVE-Add-PBS-block-driver-to-map-backup-archives-into.patch | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git
>>> a/debian/patches/pve/0032-PVE-Add-PBS-block-driver-to-map-backup-archives-into.patch b/debian/patches/pve/0032-PVE-Add-PBS-block-driver-to-map-backup-archives-into.patch
>>> index b9578ba..9e68167 100644
>>> ---
>>> a/debian/patches/pve/0032-PVE-Add-PBS-block-driver-to-map-backup-archives-into.patch
>>> +++
>>> b/debian/patches/pve/0032-PVE-Add-PBS-block-driver-to-map-backup-archives-into.patch
>>> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ index 0000000000..dd72356bd3
>>>  +
>>>  +typedef struct {
>>>  +    ProxmoxRestoreHandle *conn;
>>> -+    char aid;
>>> ++    int aid;
>>>  +    int64_t length;
>>>  +
>>>  +    char *repository;
>>
>> I'd rather make it an explicit uint8_t here (because that is the type
>> for other functions taking the aid as a parameter, e.g.
>> proxmox_restore_get_image_length()). And to fix the original issue, I'd
>> use the ret variable to store the result from
>> proxmox_restore_open_image() and only assign to s->aid after checking
>> that the returned value is not an error and that it is small enough to
>> fit into uint8_t.
>>
>> [0]:
>> https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Documentation#Software_License_and_Copyright
> 
> Thanks. I'm more of a sysadmin than a programmer but I'll try my best. I
> might send a v2 patch in a few days. (Unless I need an urgent surgery to
> take out the fish bone deeply stuck in my throat since last
> Friday...I'll find out if I need the surgery after meeting with my
> doctor today:)

No need to hurry, and if you want to, I can also send a patch for this
with a Reported-by tag for you. Hope all goes well regarding the medical
issue!

Best Wishes,
Fiona