linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 06/18] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: refactor mv88e6xxx_port

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Message-ID: <64a9fc32-0288-d142-f35b-0f688a0a6659@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:38:35 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 06/18] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: refactor
 mv88e6xxx_port_vlan()



On 4/15/2022 5:29 AM, Jakob Koschel wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> To avoid bugs and speculative execution exploits due to type-confused
> pointers at the end of a list_for_each_entry() loop, one measure is to
> restrict code to not use the iterator variable outside the loop block.
> 
> In the case of mv88e6xxx_port_vlan(), this isn't a problem, as we never
> let the loops exit through "natural causes" anyway, by using a "found"
> variable and then using the last "dp" iterator prior to the break, which
> is a safe thing to do.
> 
> Nonetheless, with the expected new syntax, this pattern will no longer
> be possible.
> 
> Profit off of the occasion and break the two port finding methods into
> smaller sub-functions. Somehow, returning a copy of the iterator pointer
> is still accepted.
> 
> This change makes it redundant to have a "bool found", since the "dp"
> from mv88e6xxx_port_vlan() now holds NULL if we haven't found what we
> were looking for.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian