In rdma_nl_rcv_skb(), the local variable err is assigned the return value of the supplied callback function, which could be one of ib_nl_handle_resolve_resp(), ib_nl_handle_set_timeout(), or ib_nl_handle_ip_res_resp(). These three functions all return skb->len on success. rdma_nl_rcv_skb() is merely a copy of netlink_rcv_skb(). The callback functions used by the latter have the convention: "Returns 0 on success or a negative error code". In particular, the statement (equal for both functions): if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK || err) implies that rdma_nl_rcv_skb() always will ack a message, independent of the NLM_F_ACK being set in nlmsg_flags or not. The fix could be to change the above statement, but it is better to keep the two *_rcv_skb() functions equal in this respect and instead change the callback functions in the rdma subsystem to the correct convention. Suggested-by: Mark Haywood <mark.haywood@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mark Haywood <mark.haywood@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 2ca546b92a02 ("IB/sa: Route SA pathrecord query through netlink") Fixes: ae43f8286730 ("IB/core: Add IP to GID netlink offload") --- v1 -> v2: * Realized sk_buff::len is unsigned, hence simply returning zero in the good case --- drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c | 2 +- drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c index 606fa6d86685..1753a9801b70 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int ib_nl_handle_ip_res_resp(struct sk_buff *skb, if (ib_nl_is_good_ip_resp(nlh)) ib_nl_process_good_ip_rsep(nlh); - return skb->len; + return 0; } static int ib_nl_ip_send_msg(struct rdma_dev_addr *dev_addr, diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c index 8917125ea16d..30d4c126a2db 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c @@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ int ib_nl_handle_set_timeout(struct sk_buff *skb, } settimeout_out: - return skb->len; + return 0; } static inline int ib_nl_is_good_resolve_resp(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh) @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ int ib_nl_handle_resolve_resp(struct sk_buff *skb, } resp_out: - return skb->len; + return 0; } static void free_sm_ah(struct kref *kref) -- 2.20.1