netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: introduce nla_policy for IFLA_NEW

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Date:   Tue,  6 Apr 2021 23:40:03 -0700
From:   Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce nla_policy for IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX

In this case, we don't need to check that new_ifindex is positive in
validate_linkmsg.

Fixes: eeb85a14ee34 ("net: Allow to specify ifindex when device is moved to another namespace")
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index d51252afde0a..9108a7e6c0c0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1877,6 +1877,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 				    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 	[IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS]	= { .type = NLA_REJECT },
 	[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+	[IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX]	= NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_S32, 1),
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
@@ -2266,9 +2267,6 @@ static int validate_linkmsg(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[])
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (tb[IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX] && nla_get_s32(tb[IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX]) <= 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (tb[IFLA_AF_SPEC]) {
 		struct nlattr *af;
 		int rem, err;
-- 
2.29.2