net: netlink: recommend policy range validation
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:45:06 +0000 (08:45 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 28 Jan 2023 08:33:51 +0000 (00:33 -0800)
commit70eb3911d80f548a76fb9a40c8a3fd93ac061a42
tree1fa5cc3d57c721a5a96926a54dfa6f3e04e2aa8e
parent2d104c390f0d3901c4915dcb141cb96da96cffe7
net: netlink: recommend policy range validation

For large ranges (outside of s16) the documentation currently
recommends open-coding the validation, but it's better to use
the NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE() or NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE_SIGNED()
policy validation instead; recommend that.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230127084506.09f280619d64.I5dece85f06efa8ab0f474ca77df9e26d3553d4ab@changeid
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
include/net/netlink.h