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Message-ID: <aCrVQOqV68u4AQkR@mev-dev.igk.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 08:52:57 +0200
From: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
To: Wentao Liang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
Cc: saeedm@...dia.com, leon@...nel.org, tariqt@...dia.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mlx5: vport: Add error handling in
 mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr()

On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 11:40:43AM +0800, Wentao Liang wrote:
> The function mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr() calls the functuion
> mlx5_query_nic_vport_context() but does not check its return value. This
> could lead to undefined behavior if the query fails. A proper
> implementation can be found in mlx5_nic_vport_query_local_lb().
> 
> Add error handling for mlx5_query_nic_vport_context(). If it fails, free
> the out buffer via kvfree() and return error code.
> 
> Fixes: 9efa75254593 ("net/mlx5_core: Introduce access functions to query vport RoCE fields")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.5
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c | 11 +++++++----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
> index 0d5f750faa45..276b162ccf18 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
> @@ -518,20 +518,23 @@ int mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
>  					u16 *qkey_viol_cntr)
>  {
>  	u32 *out;
> -	int outlen = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(query_nic_vport_context_out);
> +	int ret, outlen = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(query_nic_vport_context_out);

You can fix RCT here.

>  
>  	out = kvzalloc(outlen, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!out)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	mlx5_query_nic_vport_context(mdev, 0, out);
> +	ret = mlx5_query_nic_vport_context(mdev, 0, out);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out;
>  
>  	*qkey_viol_cntr = MLX5_GET(query_nic_vport_context_out, out,
>  				   nic_vport_context.qkey_violation_counter);
> -
> +	ret = 0;

ret is already 0 here, no need to reassign it.

> +out:
>  	kvfree(out);
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr);
>  
> -- 
> 2.42.0.windows.2