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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	cel@kernel.org, donald.hunter@gmail.com, ast@fiberby.net,
	matttbe@kernel.org, kernel-tls-handshake@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] netlink: specs: handshake: do not accept the handler-class sentinel
Date: Fri,  4 Sep 2026 12:04:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904190410.3864660-2-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904190410.3864660-1-kuba@kernel.org>

"max" is the exclusive upper bound of enum handshake_handler_class, not
a class a handler can ask for, but the spec lists it as a plain entry.
_init_checks() derives the policy limit from the highest entry, so the
generated policy came out as NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 2) and
handshake_nl_accept_doit() takes class 2 all the way into
handshake_req_next(), which walks hn_requests under hn_lock before
returning -EAGAIN instead of the -EINVAL a bad class deserves.

render-max is how YNL spells this, and unlike a hand written limit it
stays correct when a second handler class is added.

It does change what HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX means - the highest
valid class rather than one past it, as in every other Netlink/YNL
family - with the count left as __HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX.
The constant is uAPI, but I could not find any user space user,
this constant seems to have been added for kernel's benefit.

I think the risk of changing this is worth taking, having MAX
with different semantics than the rest of Netlink is very confusing.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: cel@kernel.org
CC: donald.hunter@gmail.com
CC: ast@fiberby.net
CC: matttbe@kernel.org
CC: kernel-tls-handshake@lists.linux.dev
---
 Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml | 3 ++-
 include/uapi/linux/handshake.h             | 5 ++++-
 net/handshake/genl.c                       | 2 +-
 net/handshake/handshake-test.c             | 2 +-
 net/handshake/request.c                    | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml
index 9ab46da04c49..0498ada2dd97 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/handshake.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ doc: Netlink protocol to request a transport layer security handshake.
     type: enum
     name: handler-class
     value-start: 0
-    entries: [none, tlshd, max]
+    entries: [none, tlshd]
+    render-max: true
   -
     type: enum
     name: msg-type
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/handshake.h b/include/uapi/linux/handshake.h
index d7e40f594888..f907aa082520 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/handshake.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/handshake.h
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 enum handshake_handler_class {
 	HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_NONE,
 	HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_TLSHD,
-	HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX,
+
+	/* private: */
+	__HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX,
+	HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX = (__HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX - 1)
 };
 
 enum handshake_msg_type {
diff --git a/net/handshake/genl.c b/net/handshake/genl.c
index 58606c2a4600..26e3efec64ca 100644
--- a/net/handshake/genl.c
+++ b/net/handshake/genl.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 /* HANDSHAKE_CMD_ACCEPT - do */
 static const struct nla_policy handshake_accept_nl_policy[HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_HANDLER_CLASS + 1] = {
-	[HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_HANDLER_CLASS] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 2),
+	[HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_HANDLER_CLASS] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 1),
 };
 
 /* HANDSHAKE_CMD_DONE - do */
diff --git a/net/handshake/handshake-test.c b/net/handshake/handshake-test.c
index 3dd507470d5f..4b99acd9f9c7 100644
--- a/net/handshake/handshake-test.c
+++ b/net/handshake/handshake-test.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static struct handshake_proto handshake_req_alloc_proto_2 = {
 };
 
 static struct handshake_proto handshake_req_alloc_proto_3 = {
-	.hp_handler_class	= HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX,
+	.hp_handler_class	= __HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX,
 };
 
 static struct handshake_proto handshake_req_alloc_proto_4 = {
diff --git a/net/handshake/request.c b/net/handshake/request.c
index cd30d54d0501..ff739ee81cb8 100644
--- a/net/handshake/request.c
+++ b/net/handshake/request.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct handshake_req *handshake_req_alloc(const struct handshake_proto *proto,
 		return NULL;
 	if (proto->hp_handler_class <= HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_NONE)
 		return NULL;
-	if (proto->hp_handler_class >= HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX)
+	if (proto->hp_handler_class > HANDSHAKE_HANDLER_CLASS_MAX)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!proto->hp_accept || !proto->hp_done)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.55.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-04 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-04 19:04 [PATCH net-next 1/2] netlink: specs: handshake: type the remaining key serials s32 Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04 19:04 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-09-06 20:19   ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] netlink: specs: handshake: do not accept the handler-class sentinel Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2026-09-06 20:23 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] netlink: specs: handshake: type the remaining key serials s32 Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2026-09-06 23:35   ` Chuck Lever
2026-09-09 21:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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