netdev - [PATCH iproute2 3/3] iplink: Kill redundant network device name checks

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Message-Id: <1513623248-7689-4-git-send-email-serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:54:08 +0200
From:   Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH iproute2 3/3] iplink: Kill redundant network device name checks

Since commit 625df645b703 (Check user supplied interface name lengths)
iplink_parse() validates network device name using check_ifname()
helpers.

Remove redundant "name" length checks from iplink_parse() callers.

Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
---
 ip/iplink_vxcan.c |    8 +++-----
 ip/link_veth.c    |    8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ip/iplink_vxcan.c b/ip/iplink_vxcan.c
index 680f640..c13224c 100644
--- a/ip/iplink_vxcan.c
+++ b/ip/iplink_vxcan.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int vxcan_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 	char *link = NULL;
 	char *type = NULL;
 	int index = 0;
-	int err, len;
+	int err;
 	struct rtattr *data;
 	int group;
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifm, *peer_ifm;
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ static int vxcan_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 		return err;
 
 	if (name) {
-		len = strlen(name) + 1;
-		if (len > IFNAMSIZ)
-			invarg("\"name\" too long\n", *argv);
-		addattr_l(hdr, 1024, IFLA_IFNAME, name, len);
+		addattr_l(hdr, 1024,
+			  IFLA_IFNAME, name, strlen(name) + 1);
 	}
 
 	peer_ifm = RTA_DATA(data);
diff --git a/ip/link_veth.c b/ip/link_veth.c
index a368827..fcfd1ef 100644
--- a/ip/link_veth.c
+++ b/ip/link_veth.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int veth_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 	char *link = NULL;
 	char *type = NULL;
 	int index = 0;
-	int err, len;
+	int err;
 	struct rtattr *data;
 	int group;
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifm, *peer_ifm;
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ static int veth_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 		return err;
 
 	if (name) {
-		len = strlen(name) + 1;
-		if (len > IFNAMSIZ)
-			invarg("\"name\" too long\n", *argv);
-		addattr_l(hdr, 1024, IFLA_IFNAME, name, len);
+		addattr_l(hdr, 1024,
+			  IFLA_IFNAME, name, strlen(name) + 1);
 	}
 
 	peer_ifm = RTA_DATA(data);
-- 
1.7.10.4