netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix possible refcount leak in tc_chain_tmplt

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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:53:55 +0200
From: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>
To: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>
CC: <jhs@...atatu.com>, <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix possible refcount leak in
 tc_chain_tmplt_add()

On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 03:01:58PM +0800, Hangyu Hua wrote:
> try_module_get can be called in tcf_proto_lookup_ops. So if ops don't
> implement the corresponding function we should call module_put to drop
> the refcount.
> 

Code seems reasonable. But commit message is pretty hard to understand.
Please, replace "corresponding" with "required".
Also change the first sentence, do not use "can". From what I see, successful
execution of tcf_proto_lookup_ops always means we now hold reference to module.

CC me in v2, I'll give you Reviewed-by.

> Fixes: 9f407f1768d3 ("net: sched: introduce chain templates")
> Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/sched/cls_api.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> index 2621550bfddc..92bfb892e638 100644
> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> @@ -2952,6 +2952,7 @@ static int tc_chain_tmplt_add(struct tcf_chain *chain, struct net *net,
>  		return PTR_ERR(ops);
>  	if (!ops->tmplt_create || !ops->tmplt_destroy || !ops->tmplt_dump) {
>  		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Chain templates are not supported with specified classifier");
> +		module_put(ops->owner);
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
>