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

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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 21:01:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sworley@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com,
        sharpd@...ulusnetworks.com, anuradhak@...ulusnetworks.com,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, sworley1995@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: nlmsg_cancel() if put fails for nhmsg

From: Stephen Worley <sworley@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 21:57:12 -0400

> 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>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.