The previous patch added the missing nla policies that were required for
validation to work.
Now strict validation on netlink ops can be enabled. This patch does it.
Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
index f2f654fd84e5..a7612e0783b3 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
@@ -1257,37 +1257,31 @@ static const struct nla_policy vdpa_nl_policy[VDPA_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
static const struct genl_ops vdpa_nl_ops[] = {
{
.cmd = VDPA_CMD_MGMTDEV_GET,
- .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
.doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_mgmtdev_get_doit,
.dumpit = vdpa_nl_cmd_mgmtdev_get_dumpit,
},
{
.cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_NEW,
- .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
.doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit,
.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
},
{
.cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_DEL,
- .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
.doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_del_set_doit,
.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
},
{
.cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_GET,
- .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
.doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_get_doit,
.dumpit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_get_dumpit,
},
{
.cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_CONFIG_GET,
- .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
.doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_config_get_doit,
.dumpit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_config_get_dumpit,
},
{
.cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_VSTATS_GET,
- .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
.doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_stats_get_doit,
.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
},
--
2.41.0
On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 09:49:44PM +0300, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> The previous patch added the missing nla policies that were required for
> validation to work.
>
> Now strict validation on netlink ops can be enabled. This patch does it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
> ---
> drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
> index f2f654fd84e5..a7612e0783b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
> @@ -1257,37 +1257,31 @@ static const struct nla_policy vdpa_nl_policy[VDPA_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
> static const struct genl_ops vdpa_nl_ops[] = {
> {
> .cmd = VDPA_CMD_MGMTDEV_GET,
> - .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> .doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_mgmtdev_get_doit,
> .dumpit = vdpa_nl_cmd_mgmtdev_get_dumpit,
> },
> {
> .cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_NEW,
> - .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> .doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit,
> .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
> },
> {
> .cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_DEL,
> - .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> .doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_del_set_doit,
> .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
> },
> {
> .cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_GET,
> - .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> .doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_get_doit,
> .dumpit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_get_dumpit,
> },
> {
> .cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_CONFIG_GET,
> - .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> .doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_config_get_doit,
> .dumpit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_config_get_dumpit,
> },
> {
> .cmd = VDPA_CMD_DEV_VSTATS_GET,
> - .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> .doit = vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_stats_get_doit,
> .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
> },
> --
> 2.41.0
>
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