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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 07/13] net: ethtool: Introduce a command to
 list PHYs on an interface
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 06:12:29PM +0100, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> As we have the ability to track the PHYs connected to a net_device
> through the link_topology, we can expose this list to userspace. This
> allows userspace to use these identifiers for phy-specific commands and
> take the decision of which PHY to target by knowing the link topology.
> 
> Add PHY_GET and PHY_DUMP, which can be a filtered DUMP operation to list
> devices on only one interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>

Hi Maxime,

some minor feedback from my side.

> +static int ethnl_phy_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
> +				   struct nlattr **tb)
> +{
> +	struct phy_req_info *req_info = PHY_REQINFO(req_base);
> +	struct phy_link_topology *topo = &req_base->dev->link_topo;
> +	struct phy_device_node *pdn;

nit: Please consider arranging local variables in reverse xmas tree order -
     longest line to shortest.

> +
> +	if (!req_base->phydev)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	pdn = xa_load(&topo->phys, req_base->phydev->phyindex);
> +	memcpy(&req_info->pdn, pdn, sizeof(*pdn));
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

...

> +static int ethnl_phy_dump_one_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> +				  struct netlink_callback *cb)
> +{
> +	struct ethnl_phy_dump_ctx *ctx = (void *)cb->ctx;
> +	struct phy_req_info *pri = ctx->phy_req_info;
> +	struct phy_device_node *pdn;
> +	unsigned long index = 1;
> +	void *ehdr;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	pri->base.dev = dev;
> +
> +	xa_for_each(&dev->link_topo.phys, index, pdn) {
> +		ehdr = ethnl_dump_put(skb, cb,
> +				      ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET_REPLY);
> +		if (!ehdr) {
> +			ret = -EMSGSIZE;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		ret = ethnl_fill_reply_header(skb, dev,
> +					      ETHTOOL_A_PHY_HEADER);
> +		if (ret < 0) {
> +			genlmsg_cancel(skb, ehdr);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		memcpy(&pri->pdn, pdn, sizeof(*pdn));
> +		ret = ethnl_phy_fill_reply(&pri->base, skb);
> +
> +		genlmsg_end(skb, ehdr);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;

I'm unsure if it can happen, but if the loop runs zero times then
ret will be used uninitialised here.

Flagged by Smatch.

> +}

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