[PATCH v2] ipv6: route: Unregister netdevice notifier on BPF init failure

[PATCH v2] ipv6: route: Unregister netdevice notifier on BPF init failure

[Yuho Choi]

ip6_route_init() registers ip6_route_dev_notifier before registering the
IPv6 route BPF iterator target. If bpf_iter_register() fails, the error
path jumps to out_register_late_subsys and unwinds the RTNL handlers and
late pernet subsystem, but leaves the netdevice notifier registered.

Unregister the netdevice notifier in the bpf_iter_register() failure
branch before continuing with the existing cleanup path.

Fixes: 138d0be35b14 ("net: bpf: Add netlink and ipv6_route bpf_iter targets")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@gmail.com>
---
Chages since v1:
- Unregister ip6_route_dev_notifier directlry in the bpf_iter_register() failure path.
 net/ipv6/route.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index cb521700cee7..de9a1d4c72d8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -6924,8 +6924,10 @@ int __init ip6_route_init(void)
 #if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_IPV6)
 #if defined(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
 	ret = bpf_iter_register();
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ip6_route_dev_notifier);
 		goto out_register_late_subsys;
+	}
 #endif
 #endif
 
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2.43.0

Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: route: Unregister netdevice notifier on BPF init failure

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 15 May 2026 09:05:17 -0400 Yuho Choi wrote:
> Chages since v1:
> - Unregister ip6_route_dev_notifier directlry in the bpf_iter_register() failure path.

The goto was fine.
You're generating the patch against an old version of the source code.
Please use
https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/

Or for networking fixes better still:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/
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Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: route: Unregister netdevice notifier on BPF init failure

[최유호]

Dear Jakub,

Thanks for pointing out the outdated tree. I will definitely rebase
and resubmit v3 against netdev/net.git.

Regarding the goto: The reason I moved away from the goto approach in
v2 is that if CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL and CONFIG_PROC_FS are disabled, the
goto statement is compiled out. This leaves the target label unused,
triggering an "unused-label" compiler warning.

Since guarding labels with #ifdefs can get messy, I opted for the
direct unregistration in the failure path for v2 to keep it clean.

Would you still prefer I use the goto and guard the label
appropriately in v3, or is direct unregistration acceptable given the
warning?

Best regards,
Yuho

On Mon, 18 May 2026 at 20:14, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 15 May 2026 09:05:17 -0400 Yuho Choi wrote:
> > Chages since v1:
> > - Unregister ip6_route_dev_notifier directlry in the bpf_iter_register() failure path.
>
> The goto was fine.
> You're generating the patch against an old version of the source code.
> Please use
> https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
>
> Or for networking fixes better still:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/
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> pw-bot: cr