Bug #3678
closedFace::put(const Data&) undefined behavior
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Description
Face::put(const Data&)
recommends its data
parameter to be managed by a shared_ptr
to avoid copying, but does not require that.
This code checks whether a shared_ptr
is available:
try {
dataPtr = data.shared_from_this();
}
catch (const bad_weak_ptr& e) {
However, until C++17, std::enable_shared_from_this::shared_from_this
is undefined behavior if the Data is not previously managed by a shared_ptr
.
Therefore, this checking code is unsafe in C++11 or C++14.
Updated by Junxiao Shi over 8 years ago
Given that this check was introduced two years ago in commit:6a05b4b0e7442f324031018596c0341432e5ac8f with a mandatory warning message, I doubt anyone is still using it.
I think the easy solution is:
- require that the data must be managed by
shared_ptr
- delete the check and the warning message
- assert that the
shared_ptr<const Data>
returned fromshared_from_this
is valid
Updated by Davide Pesavento over 8 years ago
Junxiao Shi wrote:
- assert that the
shared_ptr<const Data>
returned fromshared_from_this
is valid
What would be the purpose of this? if the passed Data
was not created via make_shared
, you're already invoking undefined behavior the moment you call shared_from_this
on it.
Updated by Junxiao Shi over 8 years ago
Reply to note-2:
Then we'll have to declare Face::put(shared_ptr<Data>)
. But that's going to take another two years before the old API is removed.
Updated by Alex Afanasyev over 8 years ago
Even though it is unsafe and undefined, it is working...
However, I have another thought. May be we can remove this completely and have copy (ideally move) put. We may also rename put to "putData" for consistency with NDN-CCL.
Updated by Junxiao Shi over 8 years ago
we can remove this completely and have copy (ideally move) put.
It's sufficient to copy the Block
because Impl
doesn't need the Data
.
Copying Block
is cheap: it has less fields, and underlying Buffer
is shared.
However, LpPacket needs to be constructed in the frontend Face
class.
In case we want to use NDNLPv2 sequence numbers in a future feature, there would be complications.
We may also rename put to "putData" for consistency with NDN-CCL.
No. Consistency with NDN-CCL is a non-goal.
Updated by Junxiao Shi over 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
- Assignee set to Junxiao Shi
- Target version set to v0.5
- Estimated time set to 3.00 h
Updated by Junxiao Shi over 8 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Code review
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
https://gerrit.named-data.net/3052 implements note-5 design.
Updated by Junxiao Shi over 8 years ago
- Status changed from Code review to Closed