Re: [PATCH] vpn-provider: Compare using lowercase of type value in set_string()

Jussi Laakkonen <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:02:08 +0300
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.connman
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi all,

Heh, I thought the email was lost in translation again, this is 
identical without Frank being as CC as I thought it being the reason for 
rejectal, hence other patch I sent went through fast.

Please ignore this one.

Cheers,
  Jussi


On 4/10/26 1:58 PM, Jussi Laakkonen wrote:
> The VPN type value is always converted to lowercase. When the type is
> set via set_string() the comparison must be done also with lowercase.
> The issue was introduced in commit 3aa13afdf706dee92f657bf6799d6bd97b81da4d
> 
> Reported by Frank Liepert <[email protected]>
> ---
>   vpn/vpn-provider.c | 7 +++++--
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/vpn/vpn-provider.c b/vpn/vpn-provider.c
> index dafdaffa..2833d249 100644
> --- a/vpn/vpn-provider.c
> +++ b/vpn/vpn-provider.c
> @@ -2754,11 +2754,14 @@ static int set_string(struct vpn_provider *provider,
>   		hide_value ? "<not printed>" : value);
>   
>   	if (g_str_equal(key, "Type")) {
> -		if (!g_strcmp0(provider->type, value))
> +		char *type = g_ascii_strdown(value, -1);
> +		if (!g_strcmp0(provider->type, type)) {
> +			g_free(type);
>   			return -EALREADY;
> +		}
>   
>   		g_free(provider->type);
> -		provider->type = g_ascii_strdown(value, -1);
> +		provider->type = type;
>   		send_value(provider->path, "Type", provider->type);
>   	} else if (g_str_equal(key, "Name")) {
>   		if (!g_strcmp0(provider->name, value))