Re: [bug report] netlink: have netlink per-protocol bind function return an error code.

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On 2018-06-21 16:50, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hello Richard Guy Briggs,

Hi Dan,

> This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.

Thanks for the report.  I'll have a closer look when I've got a chance,
but I see the point.  I don't know if it is possible off the top of my
head.

> The patch 4f520900522f: "netlink: have netlink per-protocol bind 
> function return an error code." from Apr 22, 2014, leads to the 
> following Smatch complaint:
> 
>     net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1056 netlink_bind()
>      error: we previously assumed 'nlk->groups' could be null (see line 1049)
> 
> net/netlink/af_netlink.c
>   1048	
>   1049		if (!groups && (nlk->groups == NULL || !(u32)nlk->groups[0]))
>                     ^^^^^^^
> 
>   1050			goto unlock;
>   1051		netlink_unlock_table();
>   1052	
>   1053		netlink_table_grab();
>   1054		netlink_update_subscriptions(sk, nlk->subscriptions +
>   1055						 hweight32(groups) -
>   1056						 hweight32(nlk->groups[0]));
>                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Say groups is non-NULL and nlk->groups is NULL then this would be an
> issue.  Is that possible?  I don't know why Smatch is just now suddenly
> complaining about a 4 year old patch.
> 
>   1057		nlk->groups[0] = (nlk->groups[0] & ~0xffffffffUL) | groups;
>   1058		netlink_update_listeners(sk);
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter

- RGB

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