netdev - Re: [PATCH net] cls_rsvp: fix rsvp

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Date:   Sat, 1 Feb 2020 12:32:40 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] cls_rsvp: fix rsvp_policy

On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:21:55 -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 3:27 PM 'Eric Dumazet' via syzkaller
> <syzkaller@...glegroups.com> wrote:
> >
> > NLA_BINARY can be confusing, since .len value represents
> > the max size of the blob.
> >
> > cls_rsvp really wants user space to provide long enough data
> > for TCA_RSVP_DST and TCA_RSVP_SRC attributes.  
> 
> To clarify: for NLA_UNSPEC (0), len is the minimum length.

Nice clarification, that makes the patch obvious.

Looks like we have NLA_MIN_LEN now, from Wireguard, but I understand
for backports it's easier to stick to the original way of handling 
this.

Applied, thank you!