netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] net/sched: sch_hfsc: safely allow 'rt' inner curves

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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:48:20 -0400
From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	Christian Theune <ct@...ingcircus.io>, Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>, 
	Budimir Markovic <markovicbudimir@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] net/sched: sch_hfsc: safely allow 'rt' inner curves

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:11 AM Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com> wrote:
>
> As reported [1] disallowing 'rt' inner curves breaks already existing
> scripts. Even though it doesn't make sense 'qdisc wise' users have been
> relying on this behaviour since the qdisc inception.
>
> We need users to update the scripts/applications to use 'sc' or 'ls'
> as a inner curve instead of 'rt', but also avoid the UAF found by
> Budimir, which was present since the qdisc inception.
>
> Instead of raising an error when classes are added with a 'rt' as a
> parent, upgrade the 'rt' to an 'sc' on the fly, avoiding the UAF, and set
> a warning for the user. Hopefully the warning laso triggers users to update
> their scripts/applications.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/297D84E3-736E-4AB4-B825-264279E2043C@flyingcircus.io/
>

For the series:
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>

Christian, this should fix it for you but with a caveat: if you
configure a "faulty" inner qdis to be rt it will "fixed" - meaning you
can keep your scripts but when you dump you will see the "fixed"
version instead of the "faulty" one.

cheers,
jamal