linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: check for error return from call to nla_put

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Message-Id: <164083141036.11132.4978969481832476065.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 30 Dec 2021 02:30:10 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     sam@...dozajonas.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: check for error return from call to nla_put_u32

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:21:18 +0800 you wrote:
> As we can see from the comment of the nla_put() that it could return
> -EMSGSIZE if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient.
> Therefore, it should be better to check the return value of the
> nla_put_u32 and return the error code if error accurs.
> Also, there are many other functions have the same problem, and if this
> patch is correct, I will commit a new version to fix all.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net/ncsi: check for error return from call to nla_put_u32
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/92a34ab169f9

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