[PATCH net-next 2/5] can: j1939: convert to getsockopt_iter

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 07:14:35 EST


Convert CAN J1939 socket's getsockopt implementation to use the new
getsockopt_iter callback with sockopt_t.

Key changes:
- Replace (char __user *optval, int __user *optlen) with sockopt_t *opt
- Use opt->optlen for buffer length (input) and returned size (output)
- Use copy_to_iter() instead of copy_to_user()
- Restructure the chained if/else if (which depended on put_user() being
an expression) into a nested if/else block now that opt->optlen = len
is a statement
- Add linux/uio.h for copy_to_iter()

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/can/j1939/socket.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/can/j1939/socket.c b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
index 50a598ef5fd4a..d0c6ce607b0dc 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/socket.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/can/skb.h>
#include <linux/errqueue.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
#include <net/can.h>

#include "j1939-priv.h"
@@ -767,7 +768,7 @@ static int j1939_sk_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
}

static int j1939_sk_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
- char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
+ sockopt_t *opt)
{
struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
struct j1939_sock *jsk = j1939_sk(sk);
@@ -779,8 +780,7 @@ static int j1939_sk_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,

if (level != SOL_CAN_J1939)
return -EINVAL;
- if (get_user(ulen, optlen))
- return -EFAULT;
+ ulen = opt->optlen;
if (ulen < 0)
return -EINVAL;

@@ -804,11 +804,16 @@ static int j1939_sk_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
* but most sockopt's are 'int' properties, and have 'len' & 'val'
* left unchanged, but instead modified 'tmp'
*/
- if (len > ulen)
- ret = -EFAULT;
- else if (put_user(len, optlen))
+ if (len > ulen) {
ret = -EFAULT;
- else if (copy_to_user(optval, val, len))
+ goto no_copy;
+ }
+
+ opt->optlen = len;
+ /* Even if the copy below fails, we want to update optlen. This is
+ * a bit confusing, but, it preserves the original behaviour
+ */
+ if (copy_to_iter(val, len, &opt->iter_out) != len)
ret = -EFAULT;
else
ret = 0;
@@ -1385,7 +1390,7 @@ static const struct proto_ops j1939_ops = {
.listen = sock_no_listen,
.shutdown = sock_no_shutdown,
.setsockopt = j1939_sk_setsockopt,
- .getsockopt = j1939_sk_getsockopt,
+ .getsockopt_iter = j1939_sk_getsockopt,
.sendmsg = j1939_sk_sendmsg,
.recvmsg = j1939_sk_recvmsg,
.mmap = sock_no_mmap,

--
2.52.0