Patch "net/sched: act_pedit: remove extra check for key type" has been added to the 5.15-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    net/sched: act_pedit: remove extra check for key type

to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     net-sched-act_pedit-remove-extra-check-for-key-type.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 3c606d8c2e23e0938b50286bf9a2828b54efa314
Author: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Fri Apr 21 18:25:16 2023 -0300

    net/sched: act_pedit: remove extra check for key type
    
    [ Upstream commit 577140180ba28d0d37bc898c7bd6702c83aa106f ]
    
    The netlink parsing already validates the key 'htype'.
    Remove the datapath check as it's redundant.
    
    Reviewed-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Stable-dep-of: 6c02568fd1ae ("net/sched: act_pedit: Parse L3 Header for L4 offset")
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/sched/act_pedit.c b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
index 0237d898fabea..e3bc5bb6c60ef 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_pedit.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
@@ -313,37 +313,28 @@ static bool offset_valid(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int pedit_skb_hdr_offset(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				enum pedit_header_type htype, int *hoffset)
+static void pedit_skb_hdr_offset(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				 enum pedit_header_type htype, int *hoffset)
 {
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
-
+	/* 'htype' is validated in the netlink parsing */
 	switch (htype) {
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_ETH:
-		if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
+		if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))
 			*hoffset = skb_mac_offset(skb);
-			ret = 0;
-		}
 		break;
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_NETWORK:
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_IP4:
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_IP6:
 		*hoffset = skb_network_offset(skb);
-		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_TCP:
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_UDP:
-		if (skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)) {
+		if (skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
 			*hoffset = skb_transport_offset(skb);
-			ret = 0;
-		}
 		break;
 	default:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	}
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int tcf_pedit_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
@@ -375,10 +366,9 @@ static int tcf_pedit_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 
 	for (i = parms->tcfp_nkeys; i > 0; i--, tkey++) {
 		int offset = tkey->off;
+		int hoffset = 0;
 		u32 *ptr, hdata;
-		int hoffset;
 		u32 val;
-		int rc;
 
 		if (tkey_ex) {
 			htype = tkey_ex->htype;
@@ -387,12 +377,7 @@ static int tcf_pedit_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 			tkey_ex++;
 		}
 
-		rc = pedit_skb_hdr_offset(skb, htype, &hoffset);
-		if (rc) {
-			pr_info("tc action pedit bad header type specified (0x%x)\n",
-				htype);
-			goto bad;
-		}
+		pedit_skb_hdr_offset(skb, htype, &hoffset);
 
 		if (tkey->offmask) {
 			u8 *d, _d;