From: Natarajan KV <natarajankv91@gmail.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, pablo@netfilter.org,
kadlec@netfilter.org, fw@strlen.de
Subject: [PATCH v3 6.6.y 2/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: make pipapo_clone helper return NULL
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:54:57 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1772643278.pipapo-v3.2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1772643278.pipapo-v3.0@gmail.com>
Currently it returns an error pointer, but the only possible failure
is ENOMEM.
After a followup patch, we'd need to discard the errno code, i.e.
x = pipapo_clone()
if (IS_ERR(x))
return NULL
or make more changes to fix up callers to expect IS_ERR() code
from set->ops->deactivate().
So simplify this and make it return ptr-or-null.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index d9edc076a8d1..150ca3579bfb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static int nft_pipapo_insert(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
* pipapo_clone() - Clone matching data to create new working copy
* @old: Existing matching data
*
- * Return: copy of matching data passed as 'old', error pointer on failure
+ * Return: copy of matching data passed as 'old' or NULL.
*/
static struct nft_pipapo_match *pipapo_clone(struct nft_pipapo_match *old)
{
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_match *pipapo_clone(struct nft_pipapo_match *old)
new = kmalloc(struct_size(new, f, old->field_count), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!new)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return NULL;
new->field_count = old->field_count;
new->bsize_max = old->bsize_max;
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_match *pipapo_clone(struct nft_pipapo_match *old)
free_percpu(new->scratch);
kfree(new);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return NULL;
}
/**
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ static void nft_pipapo_commit(struct nft_set *set)
return;
new_clone = pipapo_clone(priv->clone);
- if (IS_ERR(new_clone))
+ if (!new_clone)
return;
priv->dirty = false;
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ static void nft_pipapo_abort(const struct nft_set *set)
m = rcu_dereference_protected(priv->match, nft_pipapo_transaction_mutex_held(set));
new_clone = pipapo_clone(m);
- if (IS_ERR(new_clone))
+ if (!new_clone)
return;
priv->dirty = false;
@@ -2183,8 +2183,8 @@ static int nft_pipapo_init(const struct nft_set *set,
/* Create an initial clone of matching data for next insertion */
priv->clone = pipapo_clone(m);
- if (IS_ERR(priv->clone)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(priv->clone);
+ if (!priv->clone) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_free;
}
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-04 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-04 13:38 [PATCH] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: clear dirty flag on abort/commit clone failure Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 13:47 ` Greg KH
2026-03-04 13:50 ` Florian Westphal
2026-03-04 15:08 ` [PATCH v2] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: move clone allocation to insert/removal path Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 15:12 ` Greg KH
2026-03-04 16:54 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 0/8] " Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 16:54 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 1/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: move prove_locking helper around Natarajan KV
2026-04-08 13:15 ` Greg KH
2026-03-04 16:54 ` Natarajan KV [this message]
2026-03-04 16:55 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 3/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prepare destroy function for on-demand clone Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 16:55 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 4/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prepare walk " Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 16:55 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 5/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: merge deactivate helper into caller Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 16:55 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 6/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prepare pipapo_get helper for on-demand clone Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 16:55 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 7/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: move cloning of match info to insert/removal path Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 16:55 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 8/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: remove dirty flag Natarajan KV
2026-03-04 21:30 ` [PATCH v3 6.6.y 0/8] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: move clone allocation to insert/removal path Pablo Neira Ayuso
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