netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tc: Ensure we have enough buffer space when sending filter netlink notifications

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 <174411423350.1899640.15697214840893622302.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:10:33 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>@codeaurora.org
Cc: jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
 i.maximets@...hat.com, frode.nordahl@...onical.com, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tc: Ensure we have enough buffer space when sending
 filter netlink notifications

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Mon,  7 Apr 2025 12:55:34 +0200 you wrote:
> The tfilter_notify() and tfilter_del_notify() functions assume that
> NLMSG_GOODSIZE is always enough to dump the filter chain. This is not
> always the case, which can lead to silent notify failures (because the
> return code of tfilter_notify() is not always checked). In particular,
> this can lead to NLM_F_ECHO not being honoured even though an action
> succeeds, which forces userspace to create workarounds[0].
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] tc: Ensure we have enough buffer space when sending filter netlink notifications
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/369609fc6272

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