linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/tcp: Only produce AO/MD5 logs if there are any keys

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Message-ID: <CANn89iJ79ibHGu-4MCLpkG3w7dr7jqbc7CX1T7Cm+d6vwnwLGg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 17:59:59 +0100
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>, 
	Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/tcp: Only produce AO/MD5 logs if there are any keys

On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 5:59 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 16:42:05 +0000 Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> > >> Keep silent and avoid logging when there aren't any keys in the system.
> > >>
> > >> Side-note: I also defined static_branch_tcp_*() helpers to avoid more
> > >> ifdeffery, going to remove more ifdeffery further with their help.
> > >
> > > Wouldn't we be better off converting the prints to trace points.
> > > The chances for hitting them due to malicious packets feels much
> > > higher than dealing with a buggy implementation in the wild.
> >
> > Do you mean a proper stuff like in net/core/net-traces.c or just
> > lowering the loglevel to net_dbg_ratelimited() [like Christian
> > originally proposed], which in turns becomes runtime enabled/disabled?
>
> I mean proper tracepoints.
>
> > Both seem fine to me, albeit I was a bit reluctant to change it without
> > a good reason as even pre- 2717b5adea9e TCP-MD5 messages were logged and
> > some userspace may expect them. I guess we can try and see if anyone
> > notices/complains over changes to these messages changes or not.
>
> Hm. Perhaps we can do the conversion in net-next. Let me ping Eric :)

Sure, let's wait for the next release for a conversion, thanks !

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>