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[RFC net-next 01/28] net: split out SIOCDEVPRIVATE handling from dev_ioctl

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl commands are mainly used in really old
drivers, and they have a number of problems:

- They hide behind the normal .ndo_do_ioctl function that
  is also used for other things in modern drivers, so it's
  hard to spot a driver that actually uses one of these

- Since drivers use a number different calling conventions,
  it is impossible to support compat mode for them in
  a generic way.

- With all drivers using the same 16 commands codes, there
  is no way to introspect the data being passed through
  things like strace.

Add a new net_device_ops callback pointer, to address the
first two of these. Separating them from .ndo_do_ioctl
makes it easy to grep for drivers with a .ndo_siocdevprivate
callback, and the unwieldy name hopefully makes it easier
to spot in code review.

By passing the ifreq structure and the ifr_data pointer
separately, it is no longer necessary to overload these,
and the driver can use either one for a given command.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |  3 +++
 net/core/dev_ioctl.c      | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d1b7fb1241b3..93f980e1d69b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1301,6 +1301,9 @@ struct net_device_ops {
 	int			(*ndo_validate_addr)(struct net_device *dev);
 	int			(*ndo_do_ioctl)(struct net_device *dev,
 					        struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
+	int			(*ndo_siocdevprivate)(struct net_device *dev,
+						struct ifreq *ifr,
+						void __user *data, int cmd);
 	int			(*ndo_set_config)(struct net_device *dev,
 					          struct ifmap *map);
 	int			(*ndo_change_mtu)(struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 5822737a78f4..58daf41a4a08 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -269,6 +269,23 @@ static int dev_do_ioctl(struct net_device *dev,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int dev_siocdevprivate(struct net_device *dev,
+			      struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd)
+{
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+	void __user *data = ifr->ifr_data;
+
+	if (ops->ndo_siocdevprivate) {
+		if (netif_device_present(dev))
+			return ops->ndo_siocdevprivate(dev, ifr, data, cmd);
+		else
+			return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	/* fall back to do_ioctl for drivers not yet converted */
+	return dev_do_ioctl(dev, ifr, cmd);
+}
+
 /*
  *	Perform the SIOCxIFxxx calls, inside rtnl_lock()
  */
@@ -346,9 +363,11 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd)
 	 *	Unknown or private ioctl
 	 */
 	default:
-		if ((cmd >= SIOCDEVPRIVATE &&
-		    cmd <= SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15) ||
-		    cmd == SIOCBONDENSLAVE ||
+		if (cmd >= SIOCDEVPRIVATE &&
+		    cmd <= SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15)
+			return dev_siocdevprivate(dev, ifr, cmd);
+
+		if (cmd == SIOCBONDENSLAVE ||
 		    cmd == SIOCBONDRELEASE ||
 		    cmd == SIOCBONDSETHWADDR ||
 		    cmd == SIOCBONDSLAVEINFOQUERY ||
-- 
2.27.0




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