Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2017-09-30

Re: [PATCH v2] netlink: do not proceed if dump's start() errs

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Date: 2017-09-28 10:40:10
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:41:44AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 327807731b44..94c11cf0459d 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2270,10 +2270,13 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 
+	ret = 0;
 	if (cb->start)
-		cb->start(cb);
+		ret = cb->start(cb);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = netlink_dump(sk);
 
-	ret = netlink_dump(sk);
 	sock_put(sk);
 
 	if (ret)

FYI, using this horrific hack to currently work around bug:

    #define KERNEL_VERSION_THAT_HAS_NETLINK_START_FIX KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0) /* Hopefully! */

    static int get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
    {
    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION_THAT_HAS_NETLINK_START_FIX
        /* https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150655213004221&w=2 */
        if (!cb->args[0]) {
            ret = get_start(cb);
            if (ret)
                return ret;
        }
    #endif
        ...
    }

    static const struct genl_ops genl_ops[] = {
        {
            .cmd = CMD_GET,
    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION_THAT_HAS_NETLINK_START_FIX
            /* https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150655213004221&w=2 */
            .start = get_start,
    #endif
            .dumpit = get,
            ...
        }
    }

Gross.
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