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* [PATCH net] ethtool: vclock: propagate errors from ptp_get_vclocks_index()
@ 2026-05-26 15:36 Jakub Kicinski
  2026-05-26 18:46 ` Willem de Bruijn
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2026-05-26 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem
  Cc: netdev, edumazet, pabeni, andrew+netdev, horms, Jakub Kicinski,
	richardcochran, yangbo.lu, kuniyu, willemb

ptp_get_vclocks_index() was written with sock_timestamping_bind_phc()
in mind. Any return <= 0 will get converted to EINVAL by the virtue
of sock_timestamping_bind_phc() not finding a matching vclock.

ethtool's phc_vclocks_prepare_data(), however, should not be silently
returning empty messages on allocation errors or when PHC does not
exist at all.

Commit c156174a6707 ("ethtool: add a new command for getting PHC virtual
clocks") added phc_vclocks_prepare_data(), but let's not treat this
as a fix in case some user space app now depends on the failures being
silent.

The check in sock_timestamping_bind_phc() is not strickly necessary,
but include it just for clarity.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: richardcochran@gmail.com
CC: yangbo.lu@nxp.com
CC: kuniyu@google.com
CC: willemb@google.com
---
 include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h |  4 ++--
 drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c         | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 net/core/sock.c                  |  2 ++
 net/ethtool/phc_vclocks.c        |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h b/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
index 884364596dd3..a245989e13c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static inline void ptp_cancel_worker_sync(struct ptp_clock *ptp)
  * @pclock_index: phc index of ptp pclock.
  * @vclock_index: pointer to pointer of vclock index.
  *
- * return number of vclocks.
+ * Returns: number of vclocks on success, or negative errno.
  */
 int ptp_get_vclocks_index(int pclock_index, int **vclock_index);
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int ptp_get_vclocks_index(int pclock_index, int **vclock_index);
 ktime_t ptp_convert_timestamp(const ktime_t *hwtstamp, int vclock_index);
 #else
 static inline int ptp_get_vclocks_index(int pclock_index, int **vclock_index)
-{ return 0; }
+{ return -ENODEV; }
 static inline ktime_t ptp_convert_timestamp(const ktime_t *hwtstamp,
 					    int vclock_index)
 { return 0; }
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
index 915a4f6defc9..062860756640 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
@@ -242,33 +242,36 @@ int ptp_get_vclocks_index(int pclock_index, int **vclock_index)
 	char name[PTP_CLOCK_NAME_LEN] = "";
 	struct ptp_clock *ptp;
 	struct device *dev;
-	int num = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (pclock_index < 0)
-		return num;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	snprintf(name, PTP_CLOCK_NAME_LEN, "ptp%d", pclock_index);
 	dev = class_find_device_by_name(&ptp_class, name);
 	if (!dev)
-		return num;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ptp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&ptp->n_vclocks_mux)) {
-		put_device(dev);
-		return num;
+		ret = -EINTR;
+		goto exit_put_dev;
 	}
 
 	*vclock_index = kzalloc(sizeof(int) * ptp->n_vclocks, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!(*vclock_index))
-		goto out;
+	if (!(*vclock_index)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto exit_unlock;
+	}
 
 	memcpy(*vclock_index, ptp->vclock_index, sizeof(int) * ptp->n_vclocks);
-	num = ptp->n_vclocks;
-out:
+	ret = ptp->n_vclocks;
+exit_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ptp->n_vclocks_mux);
+exit_put_dev:
 	put_device(dev);
-	return num;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptp_get_vclocks_index);
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index b37b664b6eb9..9e33e979a283 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -870,6 +870,8 @@ static int sock_timestamping_bind_phc(struct sock *sk, int phc_index)
 
 	num = ethtool_get_phc_vclocks(dev, &vclock_index);
 	dev_put(dev);
+	if (num < 0)
+		return num;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		if (*(vclock_index + i) == phc_index) {
diff --git a/net/ethtool/phc_vclocks.c b/net/ethtool/phc_vclocks.c
index 15146e38ab27..eec5a08f950b 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/phc_vclocks.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/phc_vclocks.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int phc_vclocks_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 	data->num = ethtool_get_phc_vclocks(dev, &data->index);
 	ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
 
-	return ret;
+	return data->num < 0 ? data->num : 0;
 }
 
 static int phc_vclocks_reply_size(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
-- 
2.54.0


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* Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: vclock: propagate errors from ptp_get_vclocks_index()
  2026-05-26 15:36 [PATCH net] ethtool: vclock: propagate errors from ptp_get_vclocks_index() Jakub Kicinski
@ 2026-05-26 18:46 ` Willem de Bruijn
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Willem de Bruijn @ 2026-05-26 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski, davem
  Cc: netdev, edumazet, pabeni, andrew+netdev, horms, Jakub Kicinski,
	richardcochran, yangbo.lu, kuniyu, willemb, matttbe

Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> ptp_get_vclocks_index() was written with sock_timestamping_bind_phc()
> in mind. Any return <= 0 will get converted to EINVAL by the virtue
> of sock_timestamping_bind_phc() not finding a matching vclock.
> 
> ethtool's phc_vclocks_prepare_data(), however, should not be silently
> returning empty messages on allocation errors or when PHC does not
> exist at all.
> 
> Commit c156174a6707 ("ethtool: add a new command for getting PHC virtual
> clocks") added phc_vclocks_prepare_data(), but let's not treat this
> as a fix in case some user space app now depends on the failures being
> silent.
> 
> The check in sock_timestamping_bind_phc() is not strickly necessary,

strictly

> but include it just for clarity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>

>  
> diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
> index b37b664b6eb9..9e33e979a283 100644
> --- a/net/core/sock.c
> +++ b/net/core/sock.c
> @@ -870,6 +870,8 @@ static int sock_timestamping_bind_phc(struct sock *sk, int phc_index)
>  
>  	num = ethtool_get_phc_vclocks(dev, &vclock_index);
>  	dev_put(dev);
> +	if (num < 0)
> +		return num;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
>  		if (*(vclock_index + i) == phc_index) {

Not for this patch:

This is called by sk_setsockopt and by MPTCP for every subflow.
Apparently MPTCP does not check the return value. Should it?

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