netdev - [PATCH bpf] Revert "xdp: add NULL pointer check in __xdp

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Date:   Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:28:02 +0200
From:   Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>
To:     ast@...com, daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        ap420073@...il.com, brouer@...hat.com
Cc:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        magnus.karlsson@...el.com, magnus.karlsson@...il.com, kafai@...com
Subject: [PATCH bpf] Revert "xdp: add NULL pointer check in __xdp_return()"

From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>

This reverts commit 36e0f12bbfd3016f495904b35e41c5711707509f.

The reverted commit adds a WARN to check against NULL entries in the
mem_id_ht rhashtable. Any kernel path implementing the XDP (generic or
driver) fast path is required to make a paired
xdp_rxq_info_reg/xdp_rxq_info_unreg call for proper function. In
addition, a driver using a different allocation scheme than the
default MEM_TYPE_PAGE_SHARED is required to additionally call
xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model.

For MEM_TYPE_ZERO_COPY, an xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model call ensures
that the mem_id_ht rhashtable has a properly inserted allocator id. If
not, this would be a driver bug. A NULL pointer kernel OOPS is
preferred to the WARN.

Suggested-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
---
 net/core/xdp.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/xdp.c b/net/core/xdp.c
index 6771f1855b96..9d1f22072d5d 100644
--- a/net/core/xdp.c
+++ b/net/core/xdp.c
@@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ static void __xdp_return(void *data, struct xdp_mem_info *mem, bool napi_direct,
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		/* mem->id is valid, checked in xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model() */
 		xa = rhashtable_lookup(mem_id_ht, &mem->id, mem_id_rht_params);
-		if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!xa))
-			xa->zc_alloc->free(xa->zc_alloc, handle);
+		xa->zc_alloc->free(xa->zc_alloc, handle);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	default:
 		/* Not possible, checked in xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model() */
-- 
2.17.1