netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: account alternate interface name memory

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Date:   Wed,  9 Mar 2022 10:29:13 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        George Shuklin <george.shuklin@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: account alternate interface name memory

George reports that altnames can eat up kernel memory.
We should charge that memory appropriately.

Reported-by: George Shuklin <george.shuklin@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a759f9e0a847..aa05e89cc47c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3658,7 +3658,7 @@ static int rtnl_alt_ifname(int cmd, struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *attr,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	alt_ifname = nla_strdup(attr, GFP_KERNEL);
+	alt_ifname = nla_strdup(attr, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!alt_ifname)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.34.1