netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/6] net/smc: support smc release version negotiation in clc handshake

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Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 19:42:58 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Guangguan Wang <guangguan.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: wenjia@...ux.ibm.com, jaka@...ux.ibm.com, kgraul@...ux.ibm.com,
	tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com,
	guwen@...ux.alibaba.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/6] net/smc: support smc release version
 negotiation in clc handshake

On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 09:24:17PM +0800, Guangguan Wang wrote:

...

Hi Guangguan Wang,

> @@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static int smc_clc_send_confirm_accept(struct smc_sock *smc,
>  				memcpy(clc_v2->r1.eid, eid, SMC_MAX_EID_LEN);
>  			len = SMCR_CLC_ACCEPT_CONFIRM_LEN_V2;
>  			if (first_contact) {
> -				smc_clc_fill_fce(&fce, &len);
> +				smc_clc_fill_fce(&fce, &len, ini->release_ver);

Here ini is dereferenced...


>  				fce.v2_direct = !link->lgr->uses_gateway;
>  				memset(&gle, 0, sizeof(gle));
>  				if (ini && clc->hdr.type == SMC_CLC_CONFIRM) {

... but here it is assumed that ini may be NULL.

This seems inconsistent.

As flagged by Smatch.

...

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