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SubjectRe: [PATCH net] ethtool: fix genlmsg_put() failure handling in ethnl_default_dumpit()
On Thu,  9 Jul 2020 12:11:50 +0200 (CEST) Michal Kubecek wrote:
> If the genlmsg_put() call in ethnl_default_dumpit() fails, we bail out
> without checking if we already have some messages in current skb like we do
> with ethnl_default_dump_one() failure later. Therefore if existing messages
> almost fill up the buffer so that there is not enough space even for
> netlink and genetlink header, we lose all prepared messages and return and
> error.
>
> Rather than duplicating the skb->len check, move the genlmsg_put(),
> genlmsg_cancel() and genlmsg_end() calls into ethnl_default_dump_one().
> This is also more logical as all message composition will be in
> ethnl_default_dump_one() and only iteration logic will be left in
> ethnl_default_dumpit().
>
> Fixes: 728480f12442 ("ethtool: default handlers for GET requests")
> Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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