netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 2/2] tc class: Ignore if default class name file does not exist

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:34:06 +0100
From:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 2/2] tc class: Ignore if default class name file
 does not exist

On 03/17/2015 05:52 PM, Vadim Kochan wrote:
...
> Changed default class name file cls_names -> tc_cls.

Why that?

> Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
> ---
>   tc/tc_util.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tc/tc_util.c b/tc/tc_util.c
> index feae439..5213e9e 100644
> --- a/tc/tc_util.c
> +++ b/tc/tc_util.c
...
>   static struct db_names *cls_names = NULL;
>
> -#define NAMES_DB "/etc/iproute2/cls_names"
> +#define NAMES_DB "/etc/iproute2/tc_cls"
>
>   int cls_names_init(char *path)
>   {
> -	cls_names = db_names_alloc(path ?: NAMES_DB);
> -	if (!cls_names) {
> -		fprintf(stderr, "Error while opening class names file\n");
> +	int ret = -1;
> +
> +	cls_names = db_names_alloc();
> +	if (!cls_names)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	ret = db_names_load(cls_names, path ?: NAMES_DB);
> +	if (ret == -ENOENT && path) {
> +		fprintf(stderr, "Can't open class names file: %s\n", path);

That would mean that existing users having a /etc/iproute2/cls_names
file would suddenly not see class names anymore?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html