netdev - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 01/26] devlink: remove reload failed checks in params get/set callbacks

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Date: Fri,  8 Sep 2023 14:17:39 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us,
	jacob.e.keller@...el.com,
	michal.wilczynski@...el.com,
	shayd@...dia.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 01/26] devlink: remove reload failed checks in params get/set callbacks

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

[ Upstream commit 633d76ad01ad0321a1ace3e5cc4fed06753d7ac4 ]

The checks in question were introduced by:
commit 6b4db2e528f6 ("devlink: Fix use-after-free after a failed reload").
That fixed an issue of reload with mlxsw driver.

Back then, that was a valid fix, because there was a limitation
in place that prevented drivers from registering/unregistering params
when devlink instance was registered.

It was possible to do the fix differently by changing drivers to
register/unregister params in appropriate places making sure the ops
operate only on memory which is allocated and initialized. But that,
as a dependency, would require to remove the limitation mentioned above.

Eventually, this limitation was lifted by:
commit 1d18bb1a4ddd ("devlink: allow registering parameters after the instance")

Also, the alternative fix (which also fixed another issue) was done by:
commit 74cbc3c03c82 ("mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Move devlink param to TCAM code").

Therefore, the checks are no longer relevant. Each driver should make
sure to have the params registered only when the memory the ops
are working with is allocated and initialized.

So remove the checks.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 net/core/devlink.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 5a4a4b34ac15c..6ab335d2a0f56 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -5218,7 +5218,7 @@ static int devlink_param_get(struct devlink *devlink,
 			     const struct devlink_param *param,
 			     struct devlink_param_gset_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	if (!param->get || devlink->reload_failed)
+	if (!param->get)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	return param->get(devlink, param->id, ctx);
 }
@@ -5227,7 +5227,7 @@ static int devlink_param_set(struct devlink *devlink,
 			     const struct devlink_param *param,
 			     struct devlink_param_gset_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	if (!param->set || devlink->reload_failed)
+	if (!param->set)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	return param->set(devlink, param->id, ctx);
 }
-- 
2.40.1