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[net-next,v2,2/3] netdev: let netlink core handle -EMSGSIZE errors

Message ID 20240303052408.310064-3-kuba@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 0b11b1c5c320555483e8a94c44549db24c289987
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series netlink: handle EMSGSIZE errors in the core | expand

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Commit Message

Jakub Kicinski March 3, 2024, 5:24 a.m. UTC 
Previous change added -EMSGSIZE handling to af_netlink, we don't
have to hide these errors any longer.

Theoretically the error handling changes from:
 if (err == -EMSGSIZE)
to
 if (err == -EMSGSIZE && skb->len)

everywhere, but in practice it doesn't matter.
All messages fit into NLMSG_GOODSIZE, so overflow of an empty
skb cannot happen.

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: amritha.nambiar@intel.com
CC: sridhar.samudrala@intel.com
CC: hawk@kernel.org
---
 net/core/netdev-genl.c    | 15 +++------------
 net/core/page_pool_user.c |  2 --
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Comments

Ido Schimmel March 3, 2024, 3:08 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Sat, Mar 02, 2024 at 09:24:07PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Previous change added -EMSGSIZE handling to af_netlink, we don't
> have to hide these errors any longer.
> 
> Theoretically the error handling changes from:
>  if (err == -EMSGSIZE)
> to
>  if (err == -EMSGSIZE && skb->len)
> 
> everywhere, but in practice it doesn't matter.
> All messages fit into NLMSG_GOODSIZE, so overflow of an empty
> skb cannot happen.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
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Patch

diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
index fd98936da3ae..918b109e0cf4 100644
--- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
+++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
@@ -152,10 +152,7 @@  int netdev_nl_dev_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	if (err != -EMSGSIZE)
-		return err;
-
-	return skb->len;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -287,10 +284,7 @@  int netdev_nl_napi_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	if (err != -EMSGSIZE)
-		return err;
-
-	return skb->len;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -463,10 +457,7 @@  int netdev_nl_queue_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	if (err != -EMSGSIZE)
-		return err;
-
-	return skb->len;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int netdev_genl_netdevice_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
diff --git a/net/core/page_pool_user.c b/net/core/page_pool_user.c
index 278294aca66a..3a3277ba167b 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool_user.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool_user.c
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@  netdev_nl_page_pool_get_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	mutex_unlock(&page_pools_lock);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	if (skb->len && err == -EMSGSIZE)
-		return skb->len;
 	return err;
 }