netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: nlmsg_cancel() if put fails for nhmsg

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 20:53:58 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Worley <sworley@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, sharpd@...ulusnetworks.com,
        anuradhak@...ulusnetworks.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        sworley1995@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: nlmsg_cancel() if put fails for nhmsg

On 5/19/20 7:57 PM, Stephen Worley wrote:
> Fixes data remnant seen when we fail to reserve space for a
> nexthop group during a larger dump.
> 
> If we fail the reservation, we goto nla_put_failure and
> cancel the message.
> 
> Reproduce with the following iproute2 commands:
> =====================
...
> Fixes: ab84be7e54fc ("net: Initial nexthop code")
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Worley <sworley@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Thanks, Stephen.