netdev - [PATCH] net/ipv4: return the real errno instead of -EINVAL

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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 16:48:33 +0800 (CST)
From: <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
To: <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: <dsahern@...nel.org>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net/ipv4: return the real errno instead of -EINVAL

From: xu xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>

For now, no matter what error pointer ip_neigh_for_gw() returns,
ip_finish_output2() always return -EINVAL, which may mislead the upper
users.

For exemple, an application uses sendto to send an UDP packet, but when the
neighbor table overflows, sendto() will get a value of -EINVAL, and it will
cause users to waste a lot of time checking parameters for errors.

Return the real errno instead of -EINVAL.

Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>
Reviewed-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Cc: Si Hao <si.hao@....com.cn>
Cc: Dai Shixin <dai.shixin@....com.cn>
Cc: Jiang Xuexin <jiang.xuexin@....com.cn>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 6ba1a0fafbaa..2d7cf083dff9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static int ip_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s
 	unsigned int hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 	struct neighbour *neigh;
 	bool is_v6gw = false;
+	int res;

 	if (rt->rt_type == RTN_MULTICAST) {
 		IP_UPD_PO_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTMCAST, skb->len);
@@ -214,8 +215,7 @@ static int ip_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s
 	}

 	if (lwtunnel_xmit_redirect(dst->lwtstate)) {
-		int res = lwtunnel_xmit(skb);
-
+		res = lwtunnel_xmit(skb);
 		if (res < 0 || res == LWTUNNEL_XMIT_DONE)
 			return res;
 	}
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ static int ip_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	neigh = ip_neigh_for_gw(rt, skb, &is_v6gw);
 	if (!IS_ERR(neigh)) {
-		int res;
-
 		sock_confirm_neigh(skb, neigh);
 		/* if crossing protocols, can not use the cached header */
 		res = neigh_output(neigh, skb, is_v6gw);
@@ -236,7 +234,8 @@ static int ip_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s
 	net_dbg_ratelimited("%s: No header cache and no neighbour!\n",
 			    __func__);
 	kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_NEIGH_CREATEFAIL);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	res = PTR_ERR(neigh);
+	return res;
 }

 static int ip_finish_output_gso(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
-- 
2.15.2