From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
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Subject: [PATCH 2/7] net: core: Switch netif_set_mac_address() to struct sockaddr_storage
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 15:31:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250520223108.2672023-2-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250520222452.work.063-kees@kernel.org>
In order to avoid passing around struct sockaddr that has a size the
compiler cannot reason about (nor track at runtime), convert
netif_set_mac_address() to take struct sockaddr_storage. This is just a
cast conversion, so there is are no binary changes. Following patches
will make actual allocation changes.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Cc: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Cc: Lei Yang <leiyang@redhat.com>
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 +-
net/core/dev.c | 10 +++++-----
net/core/dev_api.c | 4 ++--
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ea9d335de130..47200a394a02 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4212,7 +4212,7 @@ int netif_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu);
int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
+int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr_storage *ss,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fccf2167b235..f8c8aad7df2e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9655,7 +9655,7 @@ int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_pre_changeaddr_notify);
-int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
+int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr_storage *ss,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
@@ -9663,15 +9663,15 @@ int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
if (!ops->ndo_set_mac_address)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (sa->sa_family != dev->type)
+ if (ss->ss_family != dev->type)
return -EINVAL;
if (!netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
- err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, sa->sa_data, extack);
+ err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, ss->__data, extack);
if (err)
return err;
- if (memcmp(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len)) {
- err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
+ if (memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ss->__data, dev->addr_len)) {
+ err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, ss);
if (err)
return err;
}
diff --git a/net/core/dev_api.c b/net/core/dev_api.c
index f9a160ab596f..b5f293e637d9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_api.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_api.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
+ ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, (struct sockaddr_storage *)sa, extack);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
int ret;
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
+ ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, (struct sockaddr_storage *)sa, extack);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
return ret;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 8a914b37ef6e..9743f1c2ae3c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
dev->addr_len);
- err = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
+ err = netif_set_mac_address(dev, (struct sockaddr_storage *)sa, extack);
kfree(sa);
if (err) {
up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-20 22:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-20 22:30 [PATCH 0/7] net: Convert dev_set_mac_address() to struct sockaddr_storage Kees Cook
2025-05-20 22:31 ` [PATCH 1/7] net: core: Convert inet_addr_is_any() to sockaddr_storage Kees Cook
2025-05-21 0:04 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-05-21 1:26 ` Martin K. Petersen
2025-05-20 22:31 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2025-05-20 22:47 ` [PATCH 2/7] net: core: Switch netif_set_mac_address() to struct sockaddr_storage Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-05-20 22:31 ` [PATCH 3/7] net/ncsi: Use struct sockaddr_storage for pending_mac Kees Cook
2025-05-20 22:48 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-05-20 22:31 ` [PATCH 4/7] ieee802154: Use struct sockaddr_storage with dev_set_mac_address() Kees Cook
2025-05-20 22:49 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-05-20 22:31 ` [PATCH 5/7] net: usb: r8152: Convert to use struct sockaddr_storage internally Kees Cook
2025-05-20 22:49 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-05-20 22:31 ` [PATCH 6/7] net: core: Convert dev_set_mac_address() to struct sockaddr_storage Kees Cook
2025-05-20 22:50 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-05-21 13:42 ` kernel test robot
2025-05-20 22:31 ` [PATCH 7/7] rtnetlink: do_setlink: Use " Kees Cook
2025-05-20 22:50 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-05-21 0:19 ` [PATCH 0/7] net: Convert dev_set_mac_address() to " Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-05-21 0:42 ` Kees Cook
2025-05-21 3:09 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-05-21 5:18 ` Kees Cook
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