[libvirt] [PATCHv3 2/3] util: netlink: Add wrapper macros to make virNetlinkNewLink more readable

[Shi Lei]

This patch adds wrapper macros around nla_nest_[start|end] and nla_put
which can make virNetlinkNewLink more readable.

Signed-off-by: Shi Lei <shi_lei at massclouds.com>
---
 src/util/virnetlink.c | 43 +++++++++++++++----------------------------
 src/util/virnetlink.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.c b/src/util/virnetlink.c
index d53cc73..99ad003 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -529,41 +529,33 @@ virNetlinkNewLink(const char *ifname,
         return -ENOMEM;
     }
 
-    if (nlmsg_append(nl_msg,  &ifinfo, sizeof(ifinfo), NLMSG_ALIGNTO) < 0)
-        goto buffer_too_small;
+    if (nlmsg_append(nl_msg,  &ifinfo, sizeof(ifinfo), NLMSG_ALIGNTO) < 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("out of memory: nlmsg_append"));
+        return -ENOMEM;
+    }
 
-    if (ifname && nla_put_string(nl_msg, IFLA_IFNAME, ifname) < 0)
-        goto buffer_too_small;
+    NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_IFNAME, (strlen(ifname)+1), ifname);
 
-    if (!(linkinfo = nla_nest_start(nl_msg, IFLA_LINKINFO)))
-        goto buffer_too_small;
+    NETLINK_MSG_NEST_START(nl_msg, linkinfo, IFLA_LINKINFO);
 
-    if (type && nla_put_string(nl_msg, IFLA_INFO_KIND, type) < 0)
-        goto buffer_too_small;
+    NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_INFO_KIND, (strlen(type)+1), type);
 
     if ((STREQ(type, "macvtap") || STREQ(type, "macvlan")) &&
          extra_args &&
          extra_args->macvlan_mode &&
          *extra_args->macvlan_mode > 0) {
-        if (!(infodata = nla_nest_start(nl_msg, IFLA_INFO_DATA)))
-            goto buffer_too_small;
-
-        if (nla_put_u32(nl_msg, IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE, *extra_args->macvlan_mode) < 0)
-            goto buffer_too_small;
-
-        nla_nest_end(nl_msg, infodata);
+        NETLINK_MSG_NEST_START(nl_msg, infodata, IFLA_INFO_DATA);
+        NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE,
+                        sizeof(uint32_t), extra_args->macvlan_mode);
+        NETLINK_MSG_NEST_END(nl_msg, infodata);
     }
 
-    nla_nest_end(nl_msg, linkinfo);
+    NETLINK_MSG_NEST_END(nl_msg, linkinfo);
 
     if (extra_args) {
-        if (extra_args->ifindex &&
-            nla_put_u32(nl_msg, IFLA_LINK, *extra_args->ifindex) < 0)
-            goto buffer_too_small;
-
-        if (extra_args->mac &&
-            nla_put(nl_msg, IFLA_ADDRESS, VIR_MAC_BUFLEN, extra_args->mac) < 0)
-            goto buffer_too_small;
+        NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_LINK, sizeof(uint32_t), extra_args->ifindex);
+        NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_ADDRESS, VIR_MAC_BUFLEN, extra_args->mac);
     }
 
     if (virNetlinkCommand(nl_msg, &resp, &buflen, 0, 0, NETLINK_ROUTE, 0) < 0)
@@ -597,11 +589,6 @@ virNetlinkNewLink(const char *ifname,
     virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                    _("malformed netlink response message"));
     return -EBADMSG;
-
- buffer_too_small:
-    virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
-                   _("allocated netlink buffer is too small"));
-    return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.h b/src/util/virnetlink.h
index 09bab08..6f59d6e 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.h
@@ -48,6 +48,36 @@ struct nlmsghdr;
 
 # endif /* __linux__ */
 
+
+# define NETLINK_MSG_NEST_START(msg, container, attrtype) \
+do { \
+    container = nla_nest_start(msg, attrtype); \
+    if (!container) { \
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", \
+                       _("out of memory: nla_nest_start [" #attrtype "]")); \
+        return -ENOMEM; \
+    } \
+} while(0)
+
+# define NETLINK_MSG_NEST_END(msg, container) \
+do { nla_nest_end(msg, container); } while(0)
+
+/*
+ * @data may be like &foo sometimes, therefore making compilers complain
+ * about the check below, so let's use an intermediary pointer type
+ * "the address of [...] will always evaluate as 'true' [-Werror=address]"
+ */
+# define NETLINK_MSG_PUT(msg, attrtype, datalen, data) \
+do { \
+    const void *dataptr = data; \
+    if (dataptr && nla_put(msg, attrtype, datalen, dataptr) < 0) { \
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", \
+                       _("out of memory: nla_put [" #attrtype "]")); \
+        return -ENOMEM; \
+    } \
+} while(0)
+
+
 int virNetlinkStartup(void);
 void virNetlinkShutdown(void);
 
-- 
2.17.1