netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: bareudp: add missing error handling for bareudp_link

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jan 2021 14:39:12 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        martin.varghese@...ia.com, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: bareudp: add missing error handling for
 bareudp_link_config()

On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 12:38:54 -0800 Cong Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 11:07 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> > +static void bareudp_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
> > +{
> > +       struct bareudp_dev *bareudp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +
> > +       list_del(&bareudp->next);
> > +       unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int bareudp_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
> >                            struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
> >                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> >  {
> >         struct bareudp_conf conf;
> > +       LIST_HEAD(list_kill);
> >         int err;
> >
> >         err = bareudp2info(data, &conf, extack);
> > @@ -662,17 +671,14 @@ static int bareudp_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
> >
> >         err = bareudp_link_config(dev, tb);
> >         if (err)
> > -               return err;
> > +               goto err_unconfig;
> >
> >         return 0;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static void bareudp_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
> > -{
> > -       struct bareudp_dev *bareudp = netdev_priv(dev);
> >
> > -       list_del(&bareudp->next);
> > -       unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
> > +err_unconfig:
> > +       bareudp_dellink(dev, &list_kill);
> > +       unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);  
> 
> Why do we need unregister_netdevice_many() here? I think
> bareudp_dellink(dev, NULL) is sufficient as we always have
> one instance to unregister?
> 
> (For the same reason, bareudp_dev_create() does not need it
> either.)

Ack, I'm following how bareudp_dev_create() is written. 

I can follow up in net-next and change both, sounds good?