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Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] IPVS: Add genetlink interface implementation

To: Julius Volz <juliusv@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] IPVS: Add genetlink interface implementation
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx, kaber@xxxxxxxxx, davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tgraf@xxxxxxx, vbusam@xxxxxxxxxx
From: Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:32:31 +0200 (CEST)
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Julius Volz wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:27:19PM +0200, Julius Volz wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:04:50PM +0200, Sven Wegener wrote:
> > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Julius Volz wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:51:06PM +0200, Sven Wegener wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Julius Volz wrote:
> > > > > > +static int ip_vs_genl_get_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
> > > > > > genl_info *info)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +   struct sk_buff *msg;
> > > > > > +   void *reply;
> > > > > > +   int ret, cmd, reply_cmd;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +   mutex_lock(&__ip_vs_mutex);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +   cmd = info->genlhdr->cmd;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +   msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > > +   if (!msg) {
> > > > > > +           ret = -ENOMEM;
> > > > > > +           goto out_err;
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here you want out...
> > > > > 
> > > > > > +   }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +   if (cmd == IPVS_CMD_GET_SERVICE)
> > > > > > +           reply_cmd = IPVS_CMD_NEW_SERVICE;
> > > > > > +   else if (cmd == IPVS_CMD_GET_INFO)
> > > > > > +           reply_cmd = IPVS_CMD_SET_INFO;
> > > > > > +   else if (cmd == IPVS_CMD_GET_CONFIG)
> > > > > > +           reply_cmd = IPVS_CMD_SET_CONFIG;
> > > > > > +   else {
> > > > > > +           IP_VS_ERR("unknown Generic Netlink command\n");
> > > > > > +           ret = -EINVAL;
> > > > > > +           goto out;
> > > > > 
> > > > > ..and here you want out_error, to not leak msg.
> > > > 
> > > > Ouch, thanks! Fixed this and locked the mutex later. I also removed the
> > > > "if (msg)" from out_err, as it becomes unneeded now. Here's the updated
> > > > patch:
> > > 
> > > You missed the static on the register and unregister functions down at 
> > > the 
> > > bottom. :) Also see my comments to your change regarding the above issue 
> > > down here.
> > 
> > Hrm, yes!
> > 
> > > > +static int ip_vs_genl_get_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info 
> > > > *info)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       struct sk_buff *msg;
> > > > +       void *reply;
> > > > +       int ret, cmd, reply_cmd;
> > > > +
> > > > +       cmd = info->genlhdr->cmd;
> > > > +
> > > > +       if (cmd == IPVS_CMD_GET_SERVICE)
> > > > +               reply_cmd = IPVS_CMD_NEW_SERVICE;
> > > > +       else if (cmd == IPVS_CMD_GET_INFO)
> > > > +               reply_cmd = IPVS_CMD_SET_INFO;
> > > > +       else if (cmd == IPVS_CMD_GET_CONFIG)
> > > > +               reply_cmd = IPVS_CMD_SET_CONFIG;
> > > > +       else {
> > > > +               IP_VS_ERR("unknown Generic Netlink command\n");
> > > > +               ret = -EINVAL;
> > > > +               goto out;
> > > > +       }
> > > > +
> > > > +       msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > +       if (!msg) {
> > > > +               ret = -ENOMEM;
> > > > +               goto out;
> > > > +       }
> > > > +
> > > > +       reply = genlmsg_put_reply(msg, info, &ip_vs_genl_family, 0, 
> > > > reply_cmd);
> > > > +       if (reply == NULL)
> > > > +               goto nla_put_failure;
> > > 
> > > These gotos now unlock a not locked mutex down in the error path.
> > 
> > What did they put into my water supply :-/ Thanks!
> 
> Ok, fixed this up. The mutex is not completely moved down to make the
> code look a bit nicer (nla_put_failure assumes locked mutex). There
> should not be much concurrency anyways since this mutex only locks the
> userspace interface, which is mainly used by ipvsadm.

True, it was just a hint for an optimization. Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Should we get this into 2.6.27? It's a new interface, currently unused, so 
the chance of breaking anything is marginal.

Sven
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