Re: net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1169 mptcp_pm_parse_pm_addr_attr() warn: missing error code? 'err'

From: Chen, Rong A
Date: Tue Dec 06 2022 - 05:43:45 EST




On 12/3/2022 4:29 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 03:38:01PM -0800, Mat Martineau wrote:
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1158 /* no validation needed - was already done via nested policy */
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1159 err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, MPTCP_PM_ADDR_ATTR_MAX, attr,
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1160 mptcp_pm_addr_policy, info->extack);
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1161 if (err)
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1162 return err;
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1163
982f17ba1a2534 Florian Westphal 2022-05-03 1164 if (tb[MPTCP_PM_ADDR_ATTR_ID])
982f17ba1a2534 Florian Westphal 2022-05-03 1165 addr->id = nla_get_u8(tb[MPTCP_PM_ADDR_ATTR_ID]);
982f17ba1a2534 Florian Westphal 2022-05-03 1166
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1167 if (!tb[MPTCP_PM_ADDR_ATTR_FAMILY]) {
01cacb00b35cb6 Paolo Abeni 2020-03-27 1168 if (!require_family)
982f17ba1a2534 Florian Westphal 2022-05-03 @1169 return err;

"err" is zero at this point. Presumably a negative error code was
intended.

Hi Dan -

The intended error code is 0 here: the return happens if no
MPTCP_PM_ADDR_ATTR_FAMILY value is present and require_family is false.

It would be clearer to "return 0;", but the code is working as expected.


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matthieu.baerts@xxxxxxxxxxxx for future MPTCP issues?

Hi Mat,

Sorry for the delay, we'll cc you and the mailing list in the future.

Best Regards,
Rong Chen


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regards,
dan carpenter