[PATCH v2 2/3] cfg80211: Avoid calling WARN_ON() on -ENOMEM in cfg80211_switch_netns()
From: Ivan Abramov
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 08:57:53 EST
It's pointless to call WARN_ON() in case of an allocation failure in
dev_change_net_namespace() and device_rename(), since it only leads to
useless splats caused by deliberate fault injections, so avoid it.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
Fixes: 04600794958f ("cfg80211: support sysfs namespaces")
Fixes: 463d01832385 ("cfg80211: make aware of net namespaces")
Suggested-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Abramov <i.abramov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/core.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index e4d353ec9436..6f95aad18d47 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -164,8 +164,10 @@ int cfg80211_switch_netns(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
continue;
wdev->netdev->netns_immutable = false;
err = dev_change_net_namespace(wdev->netdev, net, "wlan%d");
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ WARN_ON(err && err != -ENOMEM);
break;
+ }
wdev->netdev->netns_immutable = true;
}
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ int cfg80211_switch_netns(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
guard(wiphy)(&rdev->wiphy);
err = device_rename(&rdev->wiphy.dev, dev_name(&rdev->wiphy.dev));
- WARN_ON(err);
+ WARN_ON(err && err != -ENOMEM);
if (err)
goto errout;
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ int cfg80211_switch_netns(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
wdev->netdev->netns_immutable = false;
err = dev_change_net_namespace(wdev->netdev, net,
"wlan%d");
- WARN_ON(err);
+ WARN_ON(err && err != -ENOMEM);
wdev->netdev->netns_immutable = true;
}
--
2.39.5