Re: [PATCH net,v3] net/smc: prevent NULL pointer dereference in txopt_get

[Jeongjun Park]

> D. Wythe wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 8/14/24 11:58 AM, Jeongjun Park wrote:
>> Because clcsk_*, like clcsock, is initialized during the smc init process,
>> the code was moved to prevent clcsk_* from having an address like
>> inet_sk(sk)->pinet6, thereby preventing the previously initialized values
>> ​​from being tampered with.
> 
> I don't agree with your approach, but I finally got the problem you described. In fact, the issue here is that smc_sock should also be an inet_sock, whereas currently it's just a sock. Therefore, the best solution would be to embed an inet_sock within smc_sock rather than performing this movement as you suggested.
> 
> struct smc_sock {               /* smc sock container */
>     union {
>         struct sock         sk;
>         struct inet_sock    inet;
>     };
> 
>     ...
> 
> Thanks.
> D. Wythe
> 

Wow, I didn't know this could be done this way. I'll test it with that code 
and get back to you

Regards,
Jeongjun Park

> 
>> 
>> Additionally, if you don't need alignment in smc_inet6_prot , I'll modify
>> the patch to only add the necessary code without alignment.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Jeongjun Park
> 
> 
>>> 
>>>> Also, regarding alignment, it's okay for me whether it's aligned or
>>>> not，But I checked the styles of other types of
>>>> structures and did not strictly require alignment, so I now feel that
>>>> there is no need to
>>>> modify so much to do alignment.
>>>> 
>>>> D. Wythe
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>    static struct proto smc_inet6_prot = {
>>>>>>> -     .name           = "INET6_SMC",
>>>>>>> -     .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
>>>>>>> -     .init           = smc_inet_init_sock,
>>>>>>> -     .hash           = smc_hash_sk,
>>>>>>> -     .unhash         = smc_unhash_sk,
>>>>>>> -     .release_cb     = smc_release_cb,
>>>>>>> -     .obj_size       = sizeof(struct smc_sock),
>>>>>>> -     .h.smc_hash     = &smc_v6_hashinfo,
>>>>>>> -     .slab_flags     = SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
>>>>>>> +     .name                           = "INET6_SMC",
>>>>>>> +     .owner                          = THIS_MODULE,
>>>>>>> +     .init                           = smc_inet_init_sock,
>>>>>>> +     .hash                           = smc_hash_sk,
>>>>>>> +     .unhash                         = smc_unhash_sk,
>>>>>>> +     .release_cb                     = smc_release_cb,
>>>>>>> +     .obj_size                       = sizeof(struct smc6_sock),
>>>>>>> +     .h.smc_hash                     = &smc_v6_hashinfo,
>>>>>>> +     .slab_flags                     = SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
>>>>>>> +     .ipv6_pinfo_offset              = offsetof(struct smc6_sock,
>>>>>>> np),
>>>>>>>    };
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    static const struct proto_ops smc_inet6_stream_ops = {
>>>>>>> --
>