Fix: notification: assert on len > 0 for dropped notification message

Observed issue
==============

Using the notification client from
doc/examples/trigger-condition-event-matches/notification-client.cpp, an
assert is hit when the notification subsystem is under load.

 #0  __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:50
 #1  0x00007f69eab58859 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79
 #2  0x00007f69eab58729 in __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7f69eacee588 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=0x7f69eae1d5dd "len > 0", file=0x7f69eae1d5cb "unix.cpp", line=179, function=<optimized out>) at assert.c:92
 #3  0x00007f69eab6a006 in __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x7f69eae1d5dd "len > 0", file=0x7f69eae1d5cb "unix.cpp", line=179, function=0x7f69eae1d598 "ssize_t lttcomm_recv_unix_sock(int, void*, size_t)") at assert.c:101
 #4  0x00007f69eadd5fe6 in lttcomm_recv_unix_sock (sock=3, buf=0x55da9ecd5f89, len=0) at unix.cpp:179
 #5  0x00007f69ead7df3f in receive_message (channel=0x55da9ecd6ee0) at channel.cpp:64
 #6  0x00007f69ead7e478 in lttng_notification_channel_get_next_notification (channel=0x55da9ecd6ee0, _notification=0x7ffdefed2570) at channel.cpp:279
 #7  0x000055da9e0e742f in main (argc=2, argv=0x7ffdefed2698) at notification-client.cpp:506

 (gdb) frame
 #5  0x00007f69ead7df3f in receive_message (channel=0x55da9ecd6ee0) at channel.cpp:64
 64              ret = lttcomm_recv_unix_sock(channel->socket,

 (gdb) print msg
 $2 = {type = 5 '\005', size = 0, fds = 0, payload = 0x7ffdefed24a8 ""}

The msg type 5 is
`LTTNG_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_TYPE_NOTIFICATION_DROPPED`

Cause
=====

The msg portion of a
`LTTNG_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_TYPE_NOTIFICATION_DROPPED` is indeed
zero. There is no extra payload.

Solution
========

When the msg size is zero, skip the 'payload' reception phase.

Known drawbacks
=========

None.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Rajotte <jonathan.rajotte-julien@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Change-Id: Ibabb922d0e410c9902414a5eabbe04738861d772

diff --git a/src/lib/lttng-ctl/channel.cpp b/src/lib/lttng-ctl/channel.cpp
index 3f3c53996ff2f461dda6b0d0030ee5f5dad89781..d1d92d00d5497b9f8cdf27525b2db9591e9f678a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/lttng-ctl/channel.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/lttng-ctl/channel.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ int receive_message(struct lttng_notification_channel *channel)
                goto error;
        }
 
+       if (msg.size == 0) {
+               goto skip_payload;
+       }
+
        /* Reserve space for the payload. */
        ret = lttng_dynamic_buffer_set_size(&channel->reception_payload.buffer,
                        channel->reception_payload.buffer.size + msg.size);
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ int receive_message(struct lttng_notification_channel *channel)
                goto error;
        }
 
+skip_payload:
        /* Receive message fds. */
        if (msg.fds != 0) {
                ret = lttcomm_recv_payload_fds_unix_sock(channel->socket,