----- Original Message -----
From: "Pablo Neira Ayuso"
<pablo(a)soleta.eu>
To: "Andreas Schultz" <aschultz(a)tpip.net>
Cc: openbsc(a)lists.osmocom.org, "Harald Welte" <laforge(a)gnumonks.org>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 6:46:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/16] gtp: add error handling to gtp_newlink
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 04:06:47PM +0100, Andreas
Schultz wrote:
Signed-off-by: Andreas Schultz
<aschultz(a)tpip.net>
---
gtp.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gtp.c b/gtp.c
index 11f8fad..4f5729e 100644
--- a/gtp.c
+++ b/gtp.c
@@ -756,8 +756,12 @@ static int gtp_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct
net_device *dev,
if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
dev->mtu = real_dev->mtu;
- else if (dev->mtu > real_dev->mtu)
- return -EINVAL;
+ else if (dev->mtu > real_dev->mtu) {
+ netdev_dbg(dev, "GTP mtu greater that transport MTU (%d > %d)\n",
+ dev->mtu, real_dev->mtu);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_err;
This is function is using __dev_get_by_index(), so we're not holding a
reference on the netdevice here.
But there is a 'dev_hold(real_dev);' right before that if condition. Doesn't
that
take a reference to the netdevice?
Anyway, the conversion to the iptunnel framework makes this code largely
obsolete. So I'm going to drop this change.
Andreas
+ }
gti = netdev_priv(dev);
gti->real_dev = real_dev;
[...]
> +out_err:
> + dev_put(real_dev);
> return err;
> }