Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: do not set cb_running if dump's start() errs

From: Johannes Berg <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:58:46 +0200

On Mon, 2017-10-09 at 13:56 +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:

> @@ -2266,16 +2266,17 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk,
> struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	cb->min_dump_alloc = control->min_dump_alloc;
>  	cb->skb = skb;
>  
> +	if (cb->start) {
> +		ret = cb->start(cb);
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto error_unlock;
> +	}
> +
>  	nlk->cb_running = true;
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);

Hmm. Now start is invoked with the mutex held, I'm not sure it actually
_matters_, but that should probably be reviewed and mentioned in the
commit log?

johannes