netlink: add NETLINK_CAP_ACK socket option
Since commit c05cdb1b864f ("netlink: allow large data transfers from
user-space"), the kernel may fail to allocate the necessary room for the
acknowledgment message back to userspace. This patch introduces a new
socket option that trims off the payload of the original netlink message.
The netlink message header is still included, so the user can guess from
the sequence number what is the message that has triggered the
acknowledgment.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Ricard <christophe-h.ricard@st.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index a774985..3eea0b2 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
#define NETLINK_F_BROADCAST_SEND_ERROR 0x4
#define NETLINK_F_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS 0x8
#define NETLINK_F_LISTEN_ALL_NSID 0x10
+#define NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK 0x20
static inline int netlink_is_kernel(struct sock *sk)
{
@@ -2258,6 +2259,13 @@
nlk->flags &= ~NETLINK_F_LISTEN_ALL_NSID;
err = 0;
break;
+ case NETLINK_CAP_ACK:
+ if (val)
+ nlk->flags |= NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK;
+ else
+ nlk->flags &= ~NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK;
+ err = 0;
+ break;
default:
err = -ENOPROTOOPT;
}
@@ -2332,6 +2340,16 @@
netlink_table_ungrab();
break;
}
+ case NETLINK_CAP_ACK:
+ if (len < sizeof(int))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ len = sizeof(int);
+ val = nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK ? 1 : 0;
+ if (put_user(len, optlen) ||
+ put_user(val, optval))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ err = 0;
+ break;
default:
err = -ENOPROTOOPT;
}
@@ -2873,9 +2891,12 @@
struct nlmsghdr *rep;
struct nlmsgerr *errmsg;
size_t payload = sizeof(*errmsg);
+ struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk);
- /* error messages get the original request appened */
- if (err)
+ /* Error messages get the original request appened, unless the user
+ * requests to cap the error message.
+ */
+ if (!(nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK) && err)
payload += nlmsg_len(nlh);
skb = netlink_alloc_skb(in_skb->sk, nlmsg_total_size(payload),
@@ -2898,7 +2919,7 @@
NLMSG_ERROR, payload, 0);
errmsg = nlmsg_data(rep);
errmsg->error = err;
- memcpy(&errmsg->msg, nlh, err ? nlh->nlmsg_len : sizeof(*nlh));
+ memcpy(&errmsg->msg, nlh, payload > sizeof(*errmsg) ? nlh->nlmsg_len : sizeof(*nlh));
netlink_unicast(in_skb->sk, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_ack);