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authorZeeshan Ahmad <zeeshanahmad022019@gmail.com>2026-03-02 09:43:17 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-03-04 04:44:11 +0300
commitd6ca199568c53ece99aeeae1022d04f2fd8cde7f (patch)
treee9aa59b35bf10a558b45f7ea8377952917ac67c8
parentdfa77c0dd4ab267d3f1160617c95eab80181a76f (diff)
downloadlinux-d6ca199568c53ece99aeeae1022d04f2fd8cde7f.tar.xz
net: core: failover: enforce mandatory ops and clean up redundant checks
The failover framework requires 'ops' to be functional. Currently, failover_register() allows an instance to be registered with NULL ops, which leads to inconsistent NULL checks and potential NULL pointer dereferences in the slave registration paths. Harden the entry point by requiring non-NULL ops in failover_register(). This ensures the 'fops' pointer is guaranteed to be valid for any successfully registered failover instance. Consequently, remove the now redundant NULL checks for 'fops' throughout the module to simplify the logic. Signed-off-by: Zeeshan Ahmad <zeeshanahmad022019@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302064317.9964-1-zeeshanahmad022019@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--net/core/failover.c14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/failover.c b/net/core/failover.c
index 0eb2e0ec875b..11bb183c7a1b 100644
--- a/net/core/failover.c
+++ b/net/core/failover.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev)
if (!failover_dev)
goto done;
- if (fops && fops->slave_pre_register &&
+ if (fops->slave_pre_register &&
fops->slave_pre_register(slave_dev, failover_dev))
goto done;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev)
slave_dev->priv_flags |= (IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_NO_ADDRCONF);
- if (fops && fops->slave_register &&
+ if (fops->slave_register &&
!fops->slave_register(slave_dev, failover_dev))
return NOTIFY_OK;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int failover_slave_unregister(struct net_device *slave_dev)
if (!failover_dev)
goto done;
- if (fops && fops->slave_pre_unregister &&
+ if (fops->slave_pre_unregister &&
fops->slave_pre_unregister(slave_dev, failover_dev))
goto done;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int failover_slave_unregister(struct net_device *slave_dev)
netdev_upper_dev_unlink(slave_dev, failover_dev);
slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_NO_ADDRCONF);
- if (fops && fops->slave_unregister &&
+ if (fops->slave_unregister &&
!fops->slave_unregister(slave_dev, failover_dev))
return NOTIFY_OK;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int failover_slave_link_change(struct net_device *slave_dev)
if (!netif_running(failover_dev))
goto done;
- if (fops && fops->slave_link_change &&
+ if (fops->slave_link_change &&
!fops->slave_link_change(slave_dev, failover_dev))
return NOTIFY_OK;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int failover_slave_name_change(struct net_device *slave_dev)
if (!netif_running(failover_dev))
goto done;
- if (fops && fops->slave_name_change &&
+ if (fops->slave_name_change &&
!fops->slave_name_change(slave_dev, failover_dev))
return NOTIFY_OK;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ struct failover *failover_register(struct net_device *dev,
{
struct failover *failover;
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
+ if (dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER || !ops)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
failover = kzalloc_obj(*failover);