On 05/12/2022 09:42, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Netlink attributes are currently passed deep in the MDB creation call
> chain, making it difficult to add new attributes. In addition, some
> validity checks are performed under the multicast lock although they can
> be performed before it is ever acquired.
>
> As a first step towards solving these issues, parse the RTM_{NEW,DEL}MDB
> messages into a configuration structure, relieving other functions from
> the need to handle raw netlink attributes.
>
> Subsequent patches will convert the MDB code to use this configuration
> structure.
>
> This is consistent with how other rtnetlink objects are handled, such as
> routes and nexthops.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bridge/br_mdb.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/bridge/br_private.h | 7 +++
> 2 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
> index 321be94c445a..c53050e47a0f 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
> @@ -974,6 +974,116 @@ static int __br_mdb_add(struct net *net, struct net_bridge *br,
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static int br_mdb_config_attrs_init(struct nlattr *set_attrs,
> + struct br_mdb_config *cfg,
> + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> +{
> + struct nlattr *mdb_attrs[MDBE_ATTR_MAX + 1];
> + int err;
> +
> + err = nla_parse_nested(mdb_attrs, MDBE_ATTR_MAX, set_attrs,
> + br_mdbe_attrs_pol, extack);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + if (mdb_attrs[MDBE_ATTR_SOURCE] &&
> + !is_valid_mdb_source(mdb_attrs[MDBE_ATTR_SOURCE],
> + cfg->entry->addr.proto, extack))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + __mdb_entry_to_br_ip(cfg->entry, &cfg->group, mdb_attrs);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int br_mdb_config_init(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
> + struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct br_mdb_config *cfg,
> + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> +{
I just noticed the skb argument is unused. Does it get used in a future change?
Also a minor nit - I think nlh can be a const, nlmsg_parse_deprecated already uses a const nlh.
