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-rw-r--r--src/lib/conf/conftypes.h3
-rw-r--r--src/lib/confmgt/structvar.c22
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/conf/conftypes.h b/src/lib/conf/conftypes.h
index 44171068a1..52f9fceb20 100644
--- a/src/lib/conf/conftypes.h
+++ b/src/lib/conf/conftypes.h
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ typedef struct struct_member_t {
*
* These 'magic numbers' are 32-bit values used to tag objects to make sure
* that they have the correct type.
+ *
+ * If all fields in this structure are zero or 0, the magic-number check is
+ * not performed.
*/
typedef struct struct_magic_decl_t {
/** The name of the structure */
diff --git a/src/lib/confmgt/structvar.c b/src/lib/confmgt/structvar.c
index de678d18c8..a2411477d6 100644
--- a/src/lib/confmgt/structvar.c
+++ b/src/lib/confmgt/structvar.c
@@ -30,13 +30,28 @@
#include <stddef.h>
/**
+ * Return true iff all fields on <b>decl</b> are NULL or 0, indicating that
+ * there is no object or no magic number to check.
+ **/
+static inline bool
+magic_is_null(const struct_magic_decl_t *decl)
+{
+ return decl->typename == NULL &&
+ decl->magic_offset == 0 &&
+ decl->magic_val == 0;
+}
+
+/**
* Set the 'magic number' on <b>object</b> to correspond to decl.
**/
void
struct_set_magic(void *object, const struct_magic_decl_t *decl)
{
- tor_assert(object);
tor_assert(decl);
+ if (magic_is_null(decl))
+ return;
+
+ tor_assert(object);
uint32_t *ptr = STRUCT_VAR_P(object, decl->magic_offset);
*ptr = decl->magic_val;
}
@@ -47,8 +62,11 @@ struct_set_magic(void *object, const struct_magic_decl_t *decl)
void
struct_check_magic(const void *object, const struct_magic_decl_t *decl)
{
- tor_assert(object);
tor_assert(decl);
+ if (magic_is_null(decl))
+ return;
+
+ tor_assert(object);
const uint32_t *ptr = STRUCT_VAR_P(object, decl->magic_offset);
tor_assertf(*ptr == decl->magic_val,