On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 4:48 PM Andreas Steinmetz <a...@domdv.de> wrote: > > At this point, skb could only be a valid pointer, so this patch does > not introduce any functional change.
Previously, macsec_post_decrypt could be called on the original skb if the initial condition was false and macsec_decrypt is skipped. That was probably unintended. Either way, then this is a functional change, and perhaps a bugfix? > Signed-off-by: Andreas Steinmetz <a...@domdv.de> > > --- a/drivers/net/macsec.c 2019-06-30 22:05:17.785683634 +0200 > +++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c 2019-06-30 22:05:20.526171178 +0200 > @@ -1205,21 +1205,22 @@ > > /* Disabled && !changed text => skip validation */ > if (hdr->tci_an & MACSEC_TCI_C || > - secy->validate_frames != MACSEC_VALIDATE_DISABLED) > + secy->validate_frames != MACSEC_VALIDATE_DISABLED) { > skb = macsec_decrypt(skb, dev, rx_sa, sci, secy); > > - if (IS_ERR(skb)) { > - /* the decrypt callback needs the reference */ > - if (PTR_ERR(skb) != -EINPROGRESS) { > - macsec_rxsa_put(rx_sa); > - macsec_rxsc_put(rx_sc); > + if (IS_ERR(skb)) { > + /* the decrypt callback needs the reference */ > + if (PTR_ERR(skb) != -EINPROGRESS) { > + macsec_rxsa_put(rx_sa); > + macsec_rxsc_put(rx_sc); > + } > + rcu_read_unlock(); > + return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED; > } > - rcu_read_unlock(); > - return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED; > - } > > - if (!macsec_post_decrypt(skb, secy, pn)) > - goto drop; > + if (!macsec_post_decrypt(skb, secy, pn)) > + goto drop; > + } > > deliver: > macsec_finalize_skb(skb, secy->icv_len, >