netdev - Re: inbound connection problems when "netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F

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Message-ID: <20110118182318.GB4202@del.dom.local>
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:23:18 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>
Cc:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	pablo@...filter.org, arthur.marsh@...ernode.on.net,
	jengelh@...ozas.de, eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: inbound connection problems when "netlink: test for all flags
 of the NLM_F_DUMP composite" commit applied

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 07:10:35PM +0100, Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com> wrote:
> > [PATCH] netlink: Fix possible NLM_F_DUMP misuse in genetlink
> >
> > NLM_F_DUMP flags should be applied to GET requests only, eg. rtnetlink
> > tests message type to verify this. Since genetlink can't do the same
> > use "practical" test for ops->dumpit (assuming NEW request won't be
> > mixed with GET).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
> > Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
> > Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
> > Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>
> > ---
> > Not for stable before testing!
> >
> > diff -Nurp a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
> > --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c   2011-01-18 16:58:16.000000000 +0100
> > +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c   2011-01-18 17:08:43.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -519,15 +519,16 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *
...
> 2.6.37-git18 + netlink revert + this patch
>  - fixes Avahi
>  - breaks acpid

Well, then fixing genetlink needs more than this and I withdraw this
patch. Anyway, netlink revert is IMHO needed to prevent the regression.

...
> If more debugging/testing is needed, do ping me. Thanks,

Many thanks for such a fast response!
Jarek P.
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