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Message-ID: <m24jdtna5g.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:29:15 +0000
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
pabeni@...hat.com, jiri@...nulli.us, sdf@...gle.com,
nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/15] tools: ynl: stop using libmnl
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:49:42 +0000 Donald Hunter wrote:
>> > +static inline bool
>> > +__ynl_attr_put_overflow(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, size_t size)
>> > +{
>> > + bool o;
>> > +
>> > + /* We stash buffer length on nlmsg_pid. */
>> > + o = nlh->nlmsg_len + NLA_HDRLEN + NLMSG_ALIGN(size) > nlh->nlmsg_pid;
>>
>> The comment confused me here. How about "We compare against stashed buffer
>> length in nlmsg_pid".
>
> The comment should give context, rather than describe the code so how
> about:
>
> /* ynl_msg_start() stashed buffer length in nlmsg_pid. */
LGTM.
>> > + if (o)
>> > + nlh->nlmsg_pid = YNL_MSG_OVERFLOW;
>>
>> It took me a moment to realise that this behaves like a very short
>> buffer length for subsequent calls to __ynl_attr_put_overflow(). Is it
>> worth extending the comment in ynl_msg_start() to say "buffer length or
>> overflow status"?
>
> Added:
> /* YNL_MSG_OVERFLOW is < NLMSG_HDRLEN, all subsequent checks
> * are guaranteed to fail.
> */
> SG?
Perfect.
>> > + return o;
>> > +}
>> > +
>> > static inline struct nlattr *
>> > ynl_attr_nest_start(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, unsigned int attr_type)
>> > {
>> > struct nlattr *attr;
>> >
>> > + if (__ynl_attr_put_overflow(nlh, 0))
>> > + return ynl_nlmsg_end_addr(nlh) - NLA_HDRLEN;
>>
>> Is the idea here to return a struct nlattr * that is safe to use?
>> Shouldn't we zero the values in the buffer first?
>
> The only thing that the attr is used for is to call ynl_attr_nest_end().
> so I think zero init won't make any difference.
I guess it is fine for generated code.
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