netdev - [PATCH net-next 14/14] net/sched: flower: Avoid overwriting error messages

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu,  7 Apr 2022 10:35:33 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        petrm@...dia.com, jianbol@...dia.com, roid@...dia.com,
        vladbu@...dia.com, olteanv@...il.com, simon.horman@...igine.com,
        baowen.zheng@...igine.com, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 14/14] net/sched: flower: Avoid overwriting error messages

The various error paths of tc_setup_offload_action() now report specific
error messages. Remove the generic messages to avoid overwriting the
more specific ones.

Before:

 # tc filter add dev dummy0 ingress pref 1 proto ip flower skip_sw dst_ip 198.51.100.1 action police rate 100Mbit burst 10000
 Error: cls_flower: Failed to setup flow action.
 We have an error talking to the kernel

After:

 # tc filter add dev dummy0 ingress pref 1 proto ip flower skip_sw dst_ip 198.51.100.1 action police rate 100Mbit burst 10000
 Error: act_police: Offload not supported when conform/exceed action is "reclassify".
 We have an error talking to the kernel

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
---
 net/sched/cls_flower.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flower.c b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
index acf827b0e30a..87e030dfc328 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flower.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
@@ -468,8 +468,6 @@ static int fl_hw_replace_filter(struct tcf_proto *tp,
 				      cls_flower.common.extack);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(cls_flower.rule);
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(cls_flower.common.extack,
-				   "Failed to setup flow action");
 
 		return skip_sw ? err : 0;
 	}
@@ -2358,8 +2356,6 @@ static int fl_reoffload(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool add, flow_setup_cb_t *cb,
 					      cls_flower.common.extack);
 		if (err) {
 			kfree(cls_flower.rule);
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(cls_flower.common.extack,
-					   "Failed to setup flow action");
 			if (tc_skip_sw(f->flags)) {
 				__fl_put(f);
 				return err;
-- 
2.33.1