netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sched: flower: use correct ht function to prevent duplicates

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Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:14:15 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net, lucasb@...atatu.com,
        john.hurley@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sched: flower: use correct ht function to
 prevent duplicates

On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:12:20 +0300, Vlad Buslov wrote:
> Implementation of function rhashtable_insert_fast() check if its internal
> helper function __rhashtable_insert_fast() returns non-NULL pointer and
> seemingly return -EEXIST in such case. However, since
> __rhashtable_insert_fast() is called with NULL key pointer, it never
> actually checks for duplicates, which means that -EEXIST is never returned
> to the user. Use rhashtable_lookup_insert_fast() hash table API instead. In
> order to verify that it works as expected and prevent the problem from
> happening in future, extend tc-tests with new test that verifies that no
> new filters with existing key can be inserted to flower classifier.
> 
> Fixes: 1f17f7742eeb ("net: sched: flower: insert filter to ht before offloading it to hw")
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>

Ah, John just posted the same patch internally this morning..

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>