netdev - Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Check return value

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Message-ID: <Y6gcPlvR18j17zlm@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Sun, 25 Dec 2022 12:47:42 +0300
From:   Artem Chernyshev <artem.chernyshev@...-soft.ru>
To:     Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Cc:     Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>,
        b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org,
        Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Check return value

Hi,
On Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 07:37:28AM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> Subject is missing something like ..." after calling rtnl_link_register()" or
> ..."s during module initialization".
> 
> On Sunday, 25 December 2022 00:33:11 CET Artem Chernyshev wrote:
> [...]
> > diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c
> > index e8a449915566..04cd9682bd29 100644kwin
> > @@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ static int __init batadv_init(void)
> >  		goto err_create_wq;
> >  
> >  	register_netdevice_notifier(&batadv_hard_if_notifier);
> > -	rtnl_link_register(&batadv_link_ops);
> > +	ret = rtnl_link_register(&batadv_link_ops);
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		pr_err("Can't register link_ops\n");
> > +		goto err_create_wq;
> > +	}
> >  	batadv_netlink_register();
> >  
> >  	pr_info("B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced %s (compatibility version %i) loaded\n",
> > 
> 
> This looks wrong to me. You missed to destroy the batadv_hard_if_notifier in 
> this case.
> 
> And if you want to start adding the checks, you should also have added it for 
> batadv_v_init, batadv_iv_init, batadv_nc_init, batadv_tp_meter_init and 
> register_netdevice_notifier. You can use the unfinished patch from Markus 
> Pargmann as starting point.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 	Sven
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.open-mesh.org/project/b.a.t.m.a.n./patch/1419594103-10928-6-git-send-email-mpa@pengutronix.de/
>     https://lists.open-mesh.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org/thread/QDX46YARWUC4R7OBFHR5OJKWQIXDQWRR/#QDX46YARWUC4R7OBFHR5OJKWQIXDQWRR

Thanks for review, I'll try to fix the errors in v2

Best,
Artem