netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] macsec: don't free NULL metadata

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:40:50 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
Cc:     Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lior Nahmanson <liorna@...dia.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] macsec: don't free NULL metadata_dst

On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 07:29:36 +0000 Raed Salem wrote:
> >Commit 0a28bfd4971f added a metadata_dst to each tx_sc, but that's only
> >allocated when macsec_add_dev has run, which happens after device
> >registration. If the requested or computed SCI already exists, or if linking to
> >the lower device fails, we will panic because metadata_dst_free can't handle
> >NULL.
> >
> >Reproducer:
> >    ip link add link $lower type macsec
> >    ip link add link $lower type macsec
> >
> >Fixes: 0a28bfd4971f ("net/macsec: Add MACsec skb_metadata_dst Tx Data
> >path support")
> >Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> 
> Acked by me

Thanks a lot for the review! Please prefer the full:

Acked-by: Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>

format in the future, this way it will be picked up by the automation.