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<title>linux-stable.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch v5.4</title>
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<title>net: rtnetlink: prevent underflows in do_setvfinfo()</title>
<updated>2019-11-22T17:28:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dan Carpenter</name>
<email>dan.carpenter@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-20T12:34:38+00:00</published>
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The "ivm-&gt;vf" variable is a u32, but the problem is that a number of
drivers cast it to an int and then forget to check for negatives.  An
example of this is in the cxgb4 driver.

drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
  2890  static int cxgb4_mgmt_get_vf_config(struct net_device *dev,
  2891                                      int vf, struct ifla_vf_info *ivi)
                                            ^^^^^^
  2892  {
  2893          struct port_info *pi = netdev_priv(dev);
  2894          struct adapter *adap = pi-&gt;adapter;
  2895          struct vf_info *vfinfo;
  2896
  2897          if (vf &gt;= adap-&gt;num_vfs)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  2898                  return -EINVAL;
  2899          vfinfo = &amp;adap-&gt;vfinfo[vf];
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are 48 functions affected.

drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c:8435 hclge_set_vf_vlan_filter() warn: can 'vfid' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c:377 enetc_pf_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:2899 cxgb4_mgmt_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:2960 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:3019 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:3038 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_vlan() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:3086 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c:791 get_eeprom() warn: can 'i' underflow 's32min-(-4),0,4-s32max'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:82 bnxt_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:164 bnxt_set_vf_trust() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:186 bnxt_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:228 bnxt_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:264 bnxt_set_vf_vlan() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:293 bnxt_set_vf_bw() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:333 bnxt_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c:2595 bnx2x_vf_op_prep() warn: can 'vfidx' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c:2595 bnx2x_vf_op_prep() warn: can 'vfidx' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2281 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2285 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2286 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2292 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2297 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:1832 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:1864 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_tx_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:1937 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_vlan() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:2005 qlcnic_sriov_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:2036 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1914 be_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1915 be_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1922 be_set_vf_tvt() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1951 be_clear_vf_tvt() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:2063 be_set_vf_tx_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:2091 be_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:2609 ice_set_vf_port_vlan() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3050 ice_get_vf_cfg() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3103 ice_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3181 ice_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3237 ice_set_vf_trust() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3286 ice_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:3919 i40e_validate_vf() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:3957 i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4104 i40e_ndo_set_vf_port_vlan() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4263 i40e_ndo_set_vf_bw() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4309 i40e_ndo_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4371 i40e_ndo_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4441 i40e_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4441 i40e_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4504 i40e_ndo_set_vf_trust() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
The "ivm-&gt;vf" variable is a u32, but the problem is that a number of
drivers cast it to an int and then forget to check for negatives.  An
example of this is in the cxgb4 driver.

drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
  2890  static int cxgb4_mgmt_get_vf_config(struct net_device *dev,
  2891                                      int vf, struct ifla_vf_info *ivi)
                                            ^^^^^^
  2892  {
  2893          struct port_info *pi = netdev_priv(dev);
  2894          struct adapter *adap = pi-&gt;adapter;
  2895          struct vf_info *vfinfo;
  2896
  2897          if (vf &gt;= adap-&gt;num_vfs)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  2898                  return -EINVAL;
  2899          vfinfo = &amp;adap-&gt;vfinfo[vf];
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are 48 functions affected.

drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c:8435 hclge_set_vf_vlan_filter() warn: can 'vfid' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c:377 enetc_pf_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:2899 cxgb4_mgmt_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:2960 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:3019 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:3038 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_vlan() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:3086 cxgb4_mgmt_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c:791 get_eeprom() warn: can 'i' underflow 's32min-(-4),0,4-s32max'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:82 bnxt_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:164 bnxt_set_vf_trust() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:186 bnxt_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:228 bnxt_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:264 bnxt_set_vf_vlan() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:293 bnxt_set_vf_bw() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c:333 bnxt_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c:2595 bnx2x_vf_op_prep() warn: can 'vfidx' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c:2595 bnx2x_vf_op_prep() warn: can 'vfidx' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2281 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2285 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2286 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2292 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_vfpf.c:2297 bnx2x_post_vf_bulletin() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-63'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:1832 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:1864 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_tx_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:1937 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_vlan() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:2005 qlcnic_sriov_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sriov_pf.c:2036 qlcnic_sriov_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-254'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1914 be_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1915 be_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1922 be_set_vf_tvt() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:1951 be_clear_vf_tvt() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:2063 be_set_vf_tx_rate() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:2091 be_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:2609 ice_set_vf_port_vlan() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3050 ice_get_vf_cfg() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3103 ice_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3181 ice_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3237 ice_set_vf_trust() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c:3286 ice_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-65534'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:3919 i40e_validate_vf() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:3957 i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4104 i40e_ndo_set_vf_port_vlan() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4263 i40e_ndo_set_vf_bw() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4309 i40e_ndo_get_vf_config() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4371 i40e_ndo_set_vf_link_state() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4441 i40e_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4441 i40e_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c:4504 i40e_ndo_set_vf_trust() warn: can 'vf_id' underflow 's32min-2147483646'

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: rtnetlink: fix a typo fbd -&gt; fdb</title>
<updated>2019-10-30T01:13:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nikolay Aleksandrov</name>
<email>nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T11:59:32+00:00</published>
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A simple typo fix in the nl error message (fbd -&gt; fdb).

CC: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: 8c6e137fbc7f ("rtnetlink: Update rtnl_fdb_dump for strict data checking")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
A simple typo fix in the nl error message (fbd -&gt; fdb).

CC: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: 8c6e137fbc7f ("rtnetlink: Update rtnl_fdb_dump for strict data checking")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netns: fix GFP flags in rtnl_net_notifyid()</title>
<updated>2019-10-26T03:14:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Guillaume Nault</name>
<email>gnault@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-23T16:39:04+00:00</published>
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In rtnl_net_notifyid(), we certainly can't pass a null GFP flag to
rtnl_notify(). A GFP_KERNEL flag would be fine in most circumstances,
but there are a few paths calling rtnl_net_notifyid() from atomic
context or from RCU critical sections. The later also precludes the use
of gfp_any() as it wouldn't detect the RCU case. Also, the nlmsg_new()
call is wrong too, as it uses GFP_KERNEL unconditionally.

Therefore, we need to pass the GFP flags as parameter and propagate it
through function calls until the proper flags can be determined.

In most cases, GFP_KERNEL is fine. The exceptions are:
  * openvswitch: ovs_vport_cmd_get() and ovs_vport_cmd_dump()
    indirectly call rtnl_net_notifyid() from RCU critical section,

  * rtnetlink: rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb() already receives GFP flags as
    parameter.

Also, in ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(), let's change the GFP flags used
by nlmsg_new(). The function is allowed to sleep, so better make the
flags consistent with the ones used in the following
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() call.

Found by code inspection.

Fixes: 9a9634545c70 ("netns: notify netns id events")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel &lt;nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com&gt;
Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar &lt;pshelar@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In rtnl_net_notifyid(), we certainly can't pass a null GFP flag to
rtnl_notify(). A GFP_KERNEL flag would be fine in most circumstances,
but there are a few paths calling rtnl_net_notifyid() from atomic
context or from RCU critical sections. The later also precludes the use
of gfp_any() as it wouldn't detect the RCU case. Also, the nlmsg_new()
call is wrong too, as it uses GFP_KERNEL unconditionally.

Therefore, we need to pass the GFP flags as parameter and propagate it
through function calls until the proper flags can be determined.

In most cases, GFP_KERNEL is fine. The exceptions are:
  * openvswitch: ovs_vport_cmd_get() and ovs_vport_cmd_dump()
    indirectly call rtnl_net_notifyid() from RCU critical section,

  * rtnetlink: rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb() already receives GFP flags as
    parameter.

Also, in ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(), let's change the GFP flags used
by nlmsg_new(). The function is allowed to sleep, so better make the
flags consistent with the ones used in the following
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() call.

Found by code inspection.

Fixes: 9a9634545c70 ("netns: notify netns id events")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel &lt;nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com&gt;
Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar &lt;pshelar@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: core: add generic lockdep keys</title>
<updated>2019-10-24T21:53:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Taehee Yoo</name>
<email>ap420073@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-21T18:47:51+00:00</published>
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Some interface types could be nested.
(VLAN, BONDING, TEAM, MACSEC, MACVLAN, IPVLAN, VIRT_WIFI, VXLAN, etc..)
These interface types should set lockdep class because, without lockdep
class key, lockdep always warn about unexisting circular locking.

In the current code, these interfaces have their own lockdep class keys and
these manage itself. So that there are so many duplicate code around the
/driver/net and /net/.
This patch adds new generic lockdep keys and some helper functions for it.

This patch does below changes.
a) Add lockdep class keys in struct net_device
   - qdisc_running, xmit, addr_list, qdisc_busylock
   - these keys are used as dynamic lockdep key.
b) When net_device is being allocated, lockdep keys are registered.
   - alloc_netdev_mqs()
c) When net_device is being free'd llockdep keys are unregistered.
   - free_netdev()
d) Add generic lockdep key helper function
   - netdev_register_lockdep_key()
   - netdev_unregister_lockdep_key()
   - netdev_update_lockdep_key()
e) Remove unnecessary generic lockdep macro and functions
f) Remove unnecessary lockdep code of each interfaces.

After this patch, each interface modules don't need to maintain
their lockdep keys.

Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo &lt;ap420073@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Some interface types could be nested.
(VLAN, BONDING, TEAM, MACSEC, MACVLAN, IPVLAN, VIRT_WIFI, VXLAN, etc..)
These interface types should set lockdep class because, without lockdep
class key, lockdep always warn about unexisting circular locking.

In the current code, these interfaces have their own lockdep class keys and
these manage itself. So that there are so many duplicate code around the
/driver/net and /net/.
This patch adds new generic lockdep keys and some helper functions for it.

This patch does below changes.
a) Add lockdep class keys in struct net_device
   - qdisc_running, xmit, addr_list, qdisc_busylock
   - these keys are used as dynamic lockdep key.
b) When net_device is being allocated, lockdep keys are registered.
   - alloc_netdev_mqs()
c) When net_device is being free'd llockdep keys are unregistered.
   - free_netdev()
d) Add generic lockdep key helper function
   - netdev_register_lockdep_key()
   - netdev_unregister_lockdep_key()
   - netdev_update_lockdep_key()
e) Remove unnecessary generic lockdep macro and functions
f) Remove unnecessary lockdep code of each interfaces.

After this patch, each interface modules don't need to maintain
their lockdep keys.

Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo &lt;ap420073@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: skip metrics loop for dst_default_metrics</title>
<updated>2019-06-26T20:14:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Ahern</name>
<email>dsahern@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-21T23:27:16+00:00</published>
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dst_default_metrics has all of the metrics initialized to 0, so nothing
will be added to the skb in rtnetlink_put_metrics. Avoid the loop if
metrics is from dst_default_metrics.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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dst_default_metrics has all of the metrics initialized to 0, so nothing
will be added to the skb in rtnetlink_put_metrics. Avoid the loop if
metrics is from dst_default_metrics.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipoib: show VF broadcast address</title>
<updated>2019-06-18T17:41:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Denis Kirjanov</name>
<email>kda@linux-powerpc.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-17T08:53:41+00:00</published>
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in IPoIB case we can't see a VF broadcast address for but
can see for PF

Before:
11: ib1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 256
    link/infiniband
80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd
00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0 MAC 14:80:00:00:66:fe, spoof checking off, link-state disable,
trust off, query_rss off
...

After:
11: ib1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 256
    link/infiniband
80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd
00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0     link/infiniband
80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd
00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof
checking off, link-state disable, trust off, query_rss off

v1-&gt;v2: add the IFLA_VF_BROADCAST constant
v2-&gt;v3: put IFLA_VF_BROADCAST at the end
to avoid KABI breakage and set NLA_REJECT
dev_setlink

Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov &lt;kda@linux-powerpc.org&gt;
Acked-by: Doug Ledford &lt;dledford@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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in IPoIB case we can't see a VF broadcast address for but
can see for PF

Before:
11: ib1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 256
    link/infiniband
80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd
00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0 MAC 14:80:00:00:66:fe, spoof checking off, link-state disable,
trust off, query_rss off
...

After:
11: ib1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 256
    link/infiniband
80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd
00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0     link/infiniband
80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd
00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof
checking off, link-state disable, trust off, query_rss off

v1-&gt;v2: add the IFLA_VF_BROADCAST constant
v2-&gt;v3: put IFLA_VF_BROADCAST at the end
to avoid KABI breakage and set NLA_REJECT
dev_setlink

Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov &lt;kda@linux-powerpc.org&gt;
Acked-by: Doug Ledford &lt;dledford@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152</title>
<updated>2019-05-30T18:26:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-27T06:55:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=2874c5fd284268364ece81a7bd936f3c8168e567'/>
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Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
  the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
  your option any later version

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3029 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070032.746973796@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
  the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
  your option any later version

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3029 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070032.746973796@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: always put IFLA_LINK for links with a link-netnsid</title>
<updated>2019-05-14T22:40:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-14T13:12:19+00:00</published>
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Currently, nla_put_iflink() doesn't put the IFLA_LINK attribute when
iflink == ifindex.

In some cases, a device can be created in a different netns with the
same ifindex as its parent. That device will not dump its IFLA_LINK
attribute, which can confuse some userspace software that expects it.
For example, if the last ifindex created in init_net and foo are both
8, these commands will trigger the issue:

    ip link add parent type dummy                   # ifindex 9
    ip link add link parent netns foo type macvlan  # ifindex 9 in ns foo

So, in case a device puts the IFLA_LINK_NETNSID attribute in a dump,
always put the IFLA_LINK attribute as well.

Thanks to Dan Winship for analyzing the original OpenShift bug down to
the missing netlink attribute.

v2: change Fixes tag, it's been here forever, as Nicolas Dichtel said
    add Nicolas' ack
v3: change Fixes tag
    fix subject typo, spotted by Edward Cree

Analyzed-by: Dan Winship &lt;danw@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: d8a5ec672768 ("[NET]: netlink support for moving devices between network namespaces.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel &lt;nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Currently, nla_put_iflink() doesn't put the IFLA_LINK attribute when
iflink == ifindex.

In some cases, a device can be created in a different netns with the
same ifindex as its parent. That device will not dump its IFLA_LINK
attribute, which can confuse some userspace software that expects it.
For example, if the last ifindex created in init_net and foo are both
8, these commands will trigger the issue:

    ip link add parent type dummy                   # ifindex 9
    ip link add link parent netns foo type macvlan  # ifindex 9 in ns foo

So, in case a device puts the IFLA_LINK_NETNSID attribute in a dump,
always put the IFLA_LINK attribute as well.

Thanks to Dan Winship for analyzing the original OpenShift bug down to
the missing netlink attribute.

v2: change Fixes tag, it's been here forever, as Nicolas Dichtel said
    add Nicolas' ack
v3: change Fixes tag
    fix subject typo, spotted by Edward Cree

Analyzed-by: Dan Winship &lt;danw@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: d8a5ec672768 ("[NET]: netlink support for moving devices between network namespaces.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel &lt;nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netlink: make validation more configurable for future strictness</title>
<updated>2019-04-27T21:07:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-04-26T12:07:28+00:00</published>
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We currently have two levels of strict validation:

 1) liberal (default)
     - undefined (type &gt;= max) &amp; NLA_UNSPEC attributes accepted
     - attribute length &gt;= expected accepted
     - garbage at end of message accepted
 2) strict (opt-in)
     - NLA_UNSPEC attributes accepted
     - attribute length &gt;= expected accepted

Split out parsing strictness into four different options:
 * TRAILING     - check that there's no trailing data after parsing
                  attributes (in message or nested)
 * MAXTYPE      - reject attrs &gt; max known type
 * UNSPEC       - reject attributes with NLA_UNSPEC policy entries
 * STRICT_ATTRS - strictly validate attribute size

The default for future things should be *everything*.
The current *_strict() is a combination of TRAILING and MAXTYPE,
and is renamed to _deprecated_strict().
The current regular parsing has none of this, and is renamed to
*_parse_deprecated().

Additionally it allows us to selectively set one of the new flags
even on old policies. Notably, the UNSPEC flag could be useful in
this case, since it can be arranged (by filling in the policy) to
not be an incompatible userspace ABI change, but would then going
forward prevent forgetting attribute entries. Similar can apply
to the POLICY flag.

We end up with the following renames:
 * nla_parse           -&gt; nla_parse_deprecated
 * nla_parse_strict    -&gt; nla_parse_deprecated_strict
 * nlmsg_parse         -&gt; nlmsg_parse_deprecated
 * nlmsg_parse_strict  -&gt; nlmsg_parse_deprecated_strict
 * nla_parse_nested    -&gt; nla_parse_nested_deprecated
 * nla_validate_nested -&gt; nla_validate_nested_deprecated

Using spatch, of course:
    @@
    expression TB, MAX, HEAD, LEN, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nla_parse(TB, MAX, HEAD, LEN, POL, EXT)
    +nla_parse_deprecated(TB, MAX, HEAD, LEN, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nlmsg_parse(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nlmsg_parse_deprecated(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nlmsg_parse_strict(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nlmsg_parse_deprecated_strict(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression TB, MAX, NLA, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nla_parse_nested(TB, MAX, NLA, POL, EXT)
    +nla_parse_nested_deprecated(TB, MAX, NLA, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression START, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nla_validate_nested(START, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nla_validate_nested_deprecated(START, MAX, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression NLH, HDRLEN, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nlmsg_validate(NLH, HDRLEN, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nlmsg_validate_deprecated(NLH, HDRLEN, MAX, POL, EXT)

For this patch, don't actually add the strict, non-renamed versions
yet so that it breaks compile if I get it wrong.

Also, while at it, make nla_validate and nla_parse go down to a
common __nla_validate_parse() function to avoid code duplication.

Ultimately, this allows us to have very strict validation for every
new caller of nla_parse()/nlmsg_parse() etc as re-introduced in the
next patch, while existing things will continue to work as is.

In effect then, this adds fully strict validation for any new command.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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We currently have two levels of strict validation:

 1) liberal (default)
     - undefined (type &gt;= max) &amp; NLA_UNSPEC attributes accepted
     - attribute length &gt;= expected accepted
     - garbage at end of message accepted
 2) strict (opt-in)
     - NLA_UNSPEC attributes accepted
     - attribute length &gt;= expected accepted

Split out parsing strictness into four different options:
 * TRAILING     - check that there's no trailing data after parsing
                  attributes (in message or nested)
 * MAXTYPE      - reject attrs &gt; max known type
 * UNSPEC       - reject attributes with NLA_UNSPEC policy entries
 * STRICT_ATTRS - strictly validate attribute size

The default for future things should be *everything*.
The current *_strict() is a combination of TRAILING and MAXTYPE,
and is renamed to _deprecated_strict().
The current regular parsing has none of this, and is renamed to
*_parse_deprecated().

Additionally it allows us to selectively set one of the new flags
even on old policies. Notably, the UNSPEC flag could be useful in
this case, since it can be arranged (by filling in the policy) to
not be an incompatible userspace ABI change, but would then going
forward prevent forgetting attribute entries. Similar can apply
to the POLICY flag.

We end up with the following renames:
 * nla_parse           -&gt; nla_parse_deprecated
 * nla_parse_strict    -&gt; nla_parse_deprecated_strict
 * nlmsg_parse         -&gt; nlmsg_parse_deprecated
 * nlmsg_parse_strict  -&gt; nlmsg_parse_deprecated_strict
 * nla_parse_nested    -&gt; nla_parse_nested_deprecated
 * nla_validate_nested -&gt; nla_validate_nested_deprecated

Using spatch, of course:
    @@
    expression TB, MAX, HEAD, LEN, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nla_parse(TB, MAX, HEAD, LEN, POL, EXT)
    +nla_parse_deprecated(TB, MAX, HEAD, LEN, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nlmsg_parse(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nlmsg_parse_deprecated(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nlmsg_parse_strict(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nlmsg_parse_deprecated_strict(NLH, HDRLEN, TB, MAX, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression TB, MAX, NLA, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nla_parse_nested(TB, MAX, NLA, POL, EXT)
    +nla_parse_nested_deprecated(TB, MAX, NLA, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression START, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nla_validate_nested(START, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nla_validate_nested_deprecated(START, MAX, POL, EXT)

    @@
    expression NLH, HDRLEN, MAX, POL, EXT;
    @@
    -nlmsg_validate(NLH, HDRLEN, MAX, POL, EXT)
    +nlmsg_validate_deprecated(NLH, HDRLEN, MAX, POL, EXT)

For this patch, don't actually add the strict, non-renamed versions
yet so that it breaks compile if I get it wrong.

Also, while at it, make nla_validate and nla_parse go down to a
common __nla_validate_parse() function to avoid code duplication.

Ultimately, this allows us to have very strict validation for every
new caller of nla_parse()/nlmsg_parse() etc as re-introduced in the
next patch, while existing things will continue to work as is.

In effect then, this adds fully strict validation for any new command.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netlink: make nla_nest_start() add NLA_F_NESTED flag</title>
<updated>2019-04-27T21:03:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michal Kubecek</name>
<email>mkubecek@suse.cz</email>
</author>
<published>2019-04-26T09:13:06+00:00</published>
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Even if the NLA_F_NESTED flag was introduced more than 11 years ago, most
netlink based interfaces (including recently added ones) are still not
setting it in kernel generated messages. Without the flag, message parsers
not aware of attribute semantics (e.g. wireshark dissector or libmnl's
mnl_nlmsg_fprintf()) cannot recognize nested attributes and won't display
the structure of their contents.

Unfortunately we cannot just add the flag everywhere as there may be
userspace applications which check nlattr::nla_type directly rather than
through a helper masking out the flags. Therefore the patch renames
nla_nest_start() to nla_nest_start_noflag() and introduces nla_nest_start()
as a wrapper adding NLA_F_NESTED. The calls which add NLA_F_NESTED manually
are rewritten to use nla_nest_start().

Except for changes in include/net/netlink.h, the patch was generated using
this semantic patch:

@@ expression E1, E2; @@
-nla_nest_start(E1, E2)
+nla_nest_start_noflag(E1, E2)

@@ expression E1, E2; @@
-nla_nest_start_noflag(E1, E2 | NLA_F_NESTED)
+nla_nest_start(E1, E2)

Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek &lt;mkubecek@suse.cz&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@mellanox.com&gt;
Acked-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Even if the NLA_F_NESTED flag was introduced more than 11 years ago, most
netlink based interfaces (including recently added ones) are still not
setting it in kernel generated messages. Without the flag, message parsers
not aware of attribute semantics (e.g. wireshark dissector or libmnl's
mnl_nlmsg_fprintf()) cannot recognize nested attributes and won't display
the structure of their contents.

Unfortunately we cannot just add the flag everywhere as there may be
userspace applications which check nlattr::nla_type directly rather than
through a helper masking out the flags. Therefore the patch renames
nla_nest_start() to nla_nest_start_noflag() and introduces nla_nest_start()
as a wrapper adding NLA_F_NESTED. The calls which add NLA_F_NESTED manually
are rewritten to use nla_nest_start().

Except for changes in include/net/netlink.h, the patch was generated using
this semantic patch:

@@ expression E1, E2; @@
-nla_nest_start(E1, E2)
+nla_nest_start_noflag(E1, E2)

@@ expression E1, E2; @@
-nla_nest_start_noflag(E1, E2 | NLA_F_NESTED)
+nla_nest_start(E1, E2)

Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek &lt;mkubecek@suse.cz&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@mellanox.com&gt;
Acked-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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