netdev - [PATCH net-next 6/9] genetlink: bring back per op policy

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Date:   Thu,  1 Oct 2020 11:30:13 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, johannes@...solutions.net,
        jiri@...nulli.us, mkubecek@...e.cz, dsahern@...nel.org,
        pablo@...filter.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/9] genetlink: bring back per op policy

Add policy to the struct genl_ops structure, this time
with maxattr, so it can be used properly.

Propagate .policy and .maxattr from the family
in genl_get_cmd() if needed, this way the rest of the
code does not have to worry if the policy is per op
or global.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
---
 include/net/genetlink.h |  4 ++++
 net/netlink/genetlink.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 8ea1fc1ed1c7..cb35625d001e 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ struct genl_small_ops {
  * @cmd: command identifier
  * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
  * @flags: flags
+ * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
+ * @policy: netlink policy (takes precedence over family policy)
  * @doit: standard command callback
  * @start: start callback for dumps
  * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
@@ -149,6 +151,8 @@ struct genl_ops {
 	int		       (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 struct netlink_callback *cb);
 	int		       (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
+	const struct nla_policy *policy;
+	unsigned int		maxattr;
 	u8			cmd;
 	u8			internal_flags;
 	u8			flags;
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 183f01e62ae9..2a3608cfb179 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ static void genl_op_from_full(const struct genl_family *family,
 			      unsigned int i, struct genl_ops *op)
 {
 	*op = family->ops[i];
+
+	if (!op->maxattr)
+		op->maxattr = family->maxattr;
+	if (!op->policy)
+		op->policy = family->policy;
 }
 
 static int genl_get_cmd_full(u8 cmd, const struct genl_family *family,
@@ -142,6 +147,9 @@ static void genl_op_from_small(const struct genl_family *family,
 	op->internal_flags = family->small_ops[i].internal_flags;
 	op->flags	= family->small_ops[i].flags;
 	op->validate	= family->small_ops[i].validate;
+
+	op->maxattr = family->maxattr;
+	op->policy = family->policy;
 }
 
 static int genl_get_cmd_small(u8 cmd, const struct genl_family *family,
@@ -529,16 +537,16 @@ genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse(const struct genl_family *family,
 	struct nlattr **attrbuf;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!family->maxattr)
+	if (!ops->maxattr)
 		return NULL;
 
-	attrbuf = kmalloc_array(family->maxattr + 1,
+	attrbuf = kmalloc_array(ops->maxattr + 1,
 				sizeof(struct nlattr *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!attrbuf)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	err = __nlmsg_parse(nlh, hdrlen, attrbuf, family->maxattr,
-			    family->policy, validate, extack);
+	err = __nlmsg_parse(nlh, hdrlen, attrbuf, ops->maxattr, ops->policy,
+			    validate, extack);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(attrbuf);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -845,7 +853,7 @@ static int ctrl_fill_info(const struct genl_family *family, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 				op_flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP;
 			if (op.doit)
 				op_flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_DO;
-			if (family->policy)
+			if (op.policy)
 				op_flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_HASPOL;
 
 			nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, i + 1);
-- 
2.26.2