netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: genetlink: return the error code when attribute parsing fails.

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Date:   Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:00:30 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, jiri@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: genetlink: return the error code when
 attribute parsing fails.

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:42:13 +0100

> Currently if attribute parsing fails and the genl family
> does not support parallel operation, the error code returned
> by __nlmsg_parse() is discarded by genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse().
> 
> Be sure to report the error for all genl families.
> 
> Fixes: c10e6cf85e7d ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing to a separate function")
> Fixes: ab5b526da048 ("net: genetlink: always allocate separate attrs for dumpit ops")
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.