netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net] bridge: check iface upper dev when setting master via ioctl

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Date:   Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:08:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     liuhangbin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        dvyukov@...gle.com,
        syzbot+de73361ee4971b6e6f75@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net] bridge: check iface upper dev when setting
 master via ioctl

From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:59:24 +0800

> When we set a bond slave's master to bridge via ioctl, we only check
> the IFF_BRIDGE_PORT flag. Although we will find the slave's real master
> at netdev_master_upper_dev_link() later, it already does some settings
> and allocates some resources. It would be better to return as early
> as possible.
> 
> v1 -> v2:
> use netdev_master_upper_dev_get() instead of netdev_has_any_upper_dev()
> to check if we have a master, because not all upper devs are masters,
> e.g. vlan device.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+de73361ee4971b6e6f75@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.