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[net,4/4] net: Comment copy_from_sockptr() explaining its behaviour

Message ID 20241115-sockptr-copy-fixes-v1-4-d183c87fcbd5@rbox.co (mailing list archive)
State New
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series net: Fix some callers of copy_from_sockptr() | expand

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Commit Message

Michal Luczaj Nov. 14, 2024, 11:27 p.m. UTC
copy_from_sockptr() has a history of misuse. Add a comment explaining that
the function follows API of copy_from_user(), i.e. returns 0 for success,
or number of bytes not copied on error.

Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
 include/linux/sockptr.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

David Wei Nov. 15, 2024, 2:43 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2024-11-14 15:27, Michal Luczaj wrote:
> copy_from_sockptr() has a history of misuse. Add a comment explaining that
> the function follows API of copy_from_user(), i.e. returns 0 for success,
> or number of bytes not copied on error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
> ---
>  include/linux/sockptr.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/sockptr.h b/include/linux/sockptr.h
> index 195debe2b1dbc5abf768aa806eb6c73b99421e27..3e6c8e9d67aef66e8ac5a4e474c278ac08244163 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sockptr.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sockptr.h
> @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static inline int copy_from_sockptr_offset(void *dst, sockptr_t src,
>  /* Deprecated.
>   * This is unsafe, unless caller checked user provided optlen.
>   * Prefer copy_safe_from_sockptr() instead.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 for success, or number of bytes not copied on error.
>   */
>  static inline int copy_from_sockptr(void *dst, sockptr_t src, size_t size)
>  {
> 

In addition to this, please update the docs for copy_safe_from_sockptr()
that calls into copy_from_sockptr() which also contains the
misunderstanding of what copy_from_sockptr() returns.
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diff --git a/include/linux/sockptr.h b/include/linux/sockptr.h
index 195debe2b1dbc5abf768aa806eb6c73b99421e27..3e6c8e9d67aef66e8ac5a4e474c278ac08244163 100644
--- a/include/linux/sockptr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sockptr.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@  static inline int copy_from_sockptr_offset(void *dst, sockptr_t src,
 /* Deprecated.
  * This is unsafe, unless caller checked user provided optlen.
  * Prefer copy_safe_from_sockptr() instead.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 for success, or number of bytes not copied on error.
  */
 static inline int copy_from_sockptr(void *dst, sockptr_t src, size_t size)
 {