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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 03:26:03 +0000
From:	Bernie Harris <Bernie.Harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: drr: check for NULL pointer in drr_dequeue

Thank you. I will add unlikely() and re-submit the patch.

________________________________________
From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Sent: 27 January 2016 07:03
To: Bernie Harris
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers; David Miller; Jamal Hadi Salim; stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: drr: check for NULL pointer in drr_dequeue

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Bernie Harris
<bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> There are cases where qdisc_dequeue_peeked can return NULL, and the result
> is dereferenced later on in the function.
>
> Similarly to the other qdisc dequeue functions, check whether the skb
> pointer is NULL and if it is, goto out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernie Harris <bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz>

Looks good to me, just one minor thing: an unlikely() can be used for this case.


> ---
>  net/sched/sch_drr.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_drr.c b/net/sched/sch_drr.c
> index f26bdea..8086c3d 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_drr.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_drr.c
> @@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *drr_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
>                 if (len <= cl->deficit) {
>                         cl->deficit -= len;
>                         skb = qdisc_dequeue_peeked(cl->qdisc);
> +                       if (skb == NULL)
> +                               goto out;
>                         if (cl->qdisc->q.qlen == 0)
>                                 list_del(&cl->alist);
>
> --
> 2.7.0
>