[PATCH] netlink: Deal with ESRCH error in nlmsg_notify()

Yonghong Song report:
The bpf selftest tc_bpf failed with latest bpf-next. 
The following is the command to run and the result:
$ ./test_progs -n 132
[   40.947571] bpf_testmod: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
test_tc_bpf:PASS:test_tc_bpf__open_and_load 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create(BPF_TC_INGRESS) 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create invalid hook.attach_point 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach replace mode 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_query 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
libbpf: Kernel error message: Failed to send filter delete notification
test_tc_bpf_basic:FAIL:bpf_tc_detach unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)
test_tc_bpf:FAIL:test_tc_internal ingress unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)

The failure seems due to the commit
    cfdf0d9ae75b ("rtnetlink: use nlmsg_notify() in rtnetlink_send()")

Deal with ESRCH error in nlmsg_notify() even the report variable is zero.

Reported-by: Yonghong Song <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <redacted>
---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 380f95aacdec..24b7cf447bc5 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c

@@ -2545,13 +2545,15 @@ int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
 		/* errors reported via destination sk->sk_err, but propagate
 		 * delivery errors if NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR flag is set */
 		err = nlmsg_multicast(sk, skb, exclude_portid, group, flags);
+		if (err == -ESRCH)
+			err = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (report) {
 		int err2;
 
 		err2 = nlmsg_unicast(sk, skb, portid);
-		if (!err || err == -ESRCH)
+		if (!err)
 			err = err2;
 	}
 

-- 
2.32.0

On 7/18/21 10:18 PM, Yajun Deng wrote:

Yonghong Song report:
The bpf selftest tc_bpf failed with latest bpf-next.
The following is the command to run and the result:
$ ./test_progs -n 132
[   40.947571] bpf_testmod: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
test_tc_bpf:PASS:test_tc_bpf__open_and_load 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create(BPF_TC_INGRESS) 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create invalid hook.attach_point 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach replace mode 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_query 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
libbpf: Kernel error message: Failed to send filter delete notification
test_tc_bpf_basic:FAIL:bpf_tc_detach unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)
test_tc_bpf:FAIL:test_tc_internal ingress unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)

The failure seems due to the commit
     cfdf0d9ae75b ("rtnetlink: use nlmsg_notify() in rtnetlink_send()")

Deal with ESRCH error in nlmsg_notify() even the report variable is zero.

Reported-by: Yonghong Song <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <redacted>

Thanks for quick fix. This does fix the bpf selftest issu.
But does this change have negative impacts  on other
nlmsg_notify() callers, below 1-3 items?

0 net/core/rtnetlink.c      rtnetlink_send  714 return 
nlmsg_notify(rtnl, skb, pid, group, echo, GFP_KERNEL);

1 net/core/rtnetlink.c      rtnl_notify     734 nlmsg_notify(rtnl, skb, 
pid, group, report, flags);

2 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c nfnetlink_send  176 return 
nlmsg_notify(nfnlnet->nfnl, skb, portid, group, echo, flags);

3 net/netlink/genetlink.c   genl_notify    1506 nlmsg_notify(sk, skb, 
info->snd_portid, group, report, flags);

July 19, 2021 10:47 PM, "Yonghong Song" [off-list ref] wrote:

On 7/18/21 10:18 PM, Yajun Deng wrote:

quoted

Yonghong Song report:
The bpf selftest tc_bpf failed with latest bpf-next.
The following is the command to run and the result:
$ ./test_progs -n 132
[ 40.947571] bpf_testmod: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
test_tc_bpf:PASS:test_tc_bpf__open_and_load 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create(BPF_TC_INGRESS) 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create invalid hook.attach_point 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach replace mode 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_query 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
libbpf: Kernel error message: Failed to send filter delete notification
test_tc_bpf_basic:FAIL:bpf_tc_detach unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)
test_tc_bpf:FAIL:test_tc_internal ingress unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)
The failure seems due to the commit
cfdf0d9ae75b ("rtnetlink: use nlmsg_notify() in rtnetlink_send()")
Deal with ESRCH error in nlmsg_notify() even the report variable is zero.
Reported-by: Yonghong Song <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <redacted>

Thanks for quick fix. This does fix the bpf selftest issu.
But does this change have negative impacts on other
nlmsg_notify() callers, below 1-3 items?

0 net/core/rtnetlink.c rtnetlink_send 714 return nlmsg_notify(rtnl, skb, pid, group, echo,
GFP_KERNEL);

This is exactly what we need.

1 net/core/rtnetlink.c rtnl_notify 734 nlmsg_notify(rtnl, skb, pid, group, report, flags);

It doesn't matter because there is no return value.
 

2 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c nfnetlink_send 176 return nlmsg_notify(nfnlnet->nfnl, skb, portid,
group, echo, flags);

It only ctnetlink_conntrack_event() use the return value when call nfnetlink_send() in
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, but it doesn't matter when the return value is ESRCH or zero.

3 net/netlink/genetlink.c genl_notify 1506 nlmsg_notify(sk, skb, info->snd_portid, group, report,
flags);

It doesn't matter because there is no return value.

I think the caller for nlmsg_notify() doesn't need deal with the ESRCH. It also deal with ESRCH
when report variable is not zero.

quoted

---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 380f95aacdec..24b7cf447bc5 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c

@@ -2545,13 +2545,15 @@ int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,

/* errors reported via destination sk->sk_err, but propagate
* delivery errors if NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR flag is set */
err = nlmsg_multicast(sk, skb, exclude_portid, group, flags);
+ if (err == -ESRCH)
+ err = 0;
}

quoted

if (report) {

int err2;

quoted

err2 = nlmsg_unicast(sk, skb, portid);

- if (!err || err == -ESRCH)
+ if (!err)
err = err2;
}

quoted

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:19 PM Yajun Deng [off-list ref] wrote:

The failure seems due to the commit
    cfdf0d9ae75b ("rtnetlink: use nlmsg_notify() in rtnetlink_send()")

Deal with ESRCH error in nlmsg_notify() even the report variable is zero.

Looks like the tc-testing failure I saw is also due to this...

Why not just revert the above commit which does not have
much value? It at most saves some instructions.

Thanks.

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:18:16 +0800 you wrote:

Yonghong Song report:
The bpf selftest tc_bpf failed with latest bpf-next.
The following is the command to run and the result:
$ ./test_progs -n 132
[   40.947571] bpf_testmod: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
test_tc_bpf:PASS:test_tc_bpf__open_and_load 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create(BPF_TC_INGRESS) 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf:PASS:bpf_tc_hook_create invalid hook.attach_point 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_attach replace mode 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:bpf_tc_query 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:handle set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:priority set 0 nsec
test_tc_bpf_basic:PASS:prog_id set 0 nsec
libbpf: Kernel error message: Failed to send filter delete notification
test_tc_bpf_basic:FAIL:bpf_tc_detach unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)
test_tc_bpf:FAIL:test_tc_internal ingress unexpected error: -3 (errno 3)

[...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - netlink: Deal with ESRCH error in nlmsg_notify()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/fef773fc8110

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