netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] udp_tunnel: Add checks for nla_nest_start() in __udp_tunnel_nic_dump

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:50:25 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc:     Yuan Can <yuancan@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] udp_tunnel: Add checks for nla_nest_start() in
 __udp_tunnel_nic_dump_write()

On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:09:52 -0700 David Ahern wrote:
> On 11/28/22 6:39 PM, Yuan Can wrote:
> > As the nla_nest_start() may fail with NULL returned, the return value needs
> > to be checked.
> > 
> > Fixes: c7d759eb7b12 ("ethtool: add tunnel info interface")
> > Signed-off-by: Yuan Can <yuancan@...wei.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>

Applying to net-next without the Fixes tag, FWIW. The next put will
fail and we'll bail all the same, this patch is pretty much a noop. 
But not the first "fix" like this we go so probably not point fighting
it.

Yuan, please try to find some other error checking to run your bots on,
I doubt any of the nla_nest_start() uses actually need error checking.