netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: check the ethtool_ops is NULL in dev

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Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:40:34 +0800
From:	Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: check the ethtool_ops is NULL in dev_ethtool

On 2014/2/18 17:22, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 02/18/2014 02:20 AM, Wang Weidong wrote:
>> On 2014/2/18 1:09, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>> On 02/17/2014 12:31 PM, Wang Weidong wrote:
>>>> some drivers maybe not implement the ethtool_ops with only
>>>> set NULL. So when call the ethtool cmds will lead to a
>>>> 'NULL pointer dereference'.
>>>>
>>>> So add a checking in dev_ethtool.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    net/core/ethtool.c | 3 +++
>>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
>>>> index 30071de..f418dcb 100644
>>>> --- a/net/core/ethtool.c
>>>> +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
>>>> @@ -1499,6 +1499,9 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
>>>>            if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
>>>>                return -EPERM;
>>>>        }
>>>> +
>>>
>>> You have a trailing whitespace/tab in the line above. Please
>>> use checkpatch for detecting such things.
>>>
>> Sorry for that. I will fix it soon.
>>
>>> Can you be more specific with "some drivers"? Any driver that
>>> is in the mainline tree?
>>>
>> No. My team implements a driver without considering the ethtool_ops.
>> So I got the problem.
> 
> If it's code that is out of the mainline tree, then why should the
> kernel support that? Submit your driver to the tree first, and then
> such a change could be considered. Or, even better, let them implement
> ethtool ops/stubs.
> 
Thanks for your reply. I will suggest them to implement ethtool ops.

Regards
Wang

>>>> +    if (!dev->ethtool_ops)
>>>> +        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>>>
>>>>        if (dev->ethtool_ops->begin) {
>>>>            rc = dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev);
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 


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