netlink: remove type-unsafe validation_data pointer

In the netlink policy, we currently have a void *validation_data
that's pointing to different things:
 * a u32 value for bitfield32,
 * the netlink policy for nested/nested array
 * the string for NLA_REJECT

Remove the pointer and place appropriate type-safe items in the
union instead.

While at it, completely dissolve the pointer for the bitfield32
case and just put the value there directly.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 67c57d6942e3..671b29d170a8 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ enum nla_policy_validation {
  *    NLA_NESTED,
  *    NLA_NESTED_ARRAY     Length verification is done by checking len of
  *                         nested header (or empty); len field is used if
- *                         validation_data is also used, for the max attr
+ *                         nested_policy is also used, for the max attr
  *                         number in the nested policy.
  *    NLA_U8, NLA_U16,
  *    NLA_U32, NLA_U64,
@@ -235,27 +235,25 @@ enum nla_policy_validation {
  *    NLA_MIN_LEN          Minimum length of attribute payload
  *    All other            Minimum length of attribute payload
  *
- * Meaning of `validation_data' field:
+ * Meaning of validation union:
  *    NLA_BITFIELD32       This is a 32-bit bitmap/bitselector attribute and
- *                         validation data must point to a u32 value of valid
- *                         flags
- *    NLA_REJECT           This attribute is always rejected and validation data
+ *                         `bitfield32_valid' is the u32 value of valid flags
+ *    NLA_REJECT           This attribute is always rejected and `reject_message'
  *                         may point to a string to report as the error instead
  *                         of the generic one in extended ACK.
- *    NLA_NESTED           Points to a nested policy to validate, must also set
- *                         `len' to the max attribute number.
+ *    NLA_NESTED           `nested_policy' to a nested policy to validate, must
+ *                         also set `len' to the max attribute number. Use the
+ *                         provided NLA_POLICY_NESTED() macro.
  *                         Note that nla_parse() will validate, but of course not
  *                         parse, the nested sub-policies.
- *    NLA_NESTED_ARRAY     Points to a nested policy to validate, must also set
- *                         `len' to the max attribute number. The difference to
- *                         NLA_NESTED is the structure - NLA_NESTED has the
- *                         nested attributes directly inside, while an array has
- *                         the nested attributes at another level down and the
- *                         attributes directly in the nesting don't matter.
- *    All other            Unused - but note that it's a union
- *
- * Meaning of `min' and `max' fields, use via NLA_POLICY_MIN, NLA_POLICY_MAX
- * and NLA_POLICY_RANGE:
+ *    NLA_NESTED_ARRAY     `nested_policy' points to a nested policy to validate,
+ *                         must also set `len' to the max attribute number. Use
+ *                         the provided NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY() macro.
+ *                         The difference to NLA_NESTED is the structure:
+ *                         NLA_NESTED has the nested attributes directly inside
+ *                         while an array has the nested attributes at another
+ *                         level down and the attribute types directly in the
+ *                         nesting don't matter.
  *    NLA_U8,
  *    NLA_U16,
  *    NLA_U32,
@@ -263,29 +261,31 @@ enum nla_policy_validation {
  *    NLA_S8,
  *    NLA_S16,
  *    NLA_S32,
- *    NLA_S64              These are used depending on the validation_type
- *                         field, if that is min/max/range then the minimum,
- *                         maximum and both are used (respectively) to check
+ *    NLA_S64              The `min' and `max' fields are used depending on the
+ *                         validation_type field, if that is min/max/range then
+ *                         the min, max or both are used (respectively) to check
  *                         the value of the integer attribute.
  *                         Note that in the interest of code simplicity and
  *                         struct size both limits are s16, so you cannot
  *                         enforce a range that doesn't fall within the range
  *                         of s16 - do that as usual in the code instead.
+ *                         Use the NLA_POLICY_MIN(), NLA_POLICY_MAX() and
+ *                         NLA_POLICY_RANGE() macros.
  *    All other            Unused - but note that it's a union
  *
  * Meaning of `validate' field, use via NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN:
- *    NLA_BINARY           Validation function called for the attribute,
- *                         not compatible with use of the validation_data
- *                         as in NLA_BITFIELD32, NLA_REJECT, NLA_NESTED and
- *                         NLA_NESTED_ARRAY.
+ *    NLA_BINARY           Validation function called for the attribute.
  *    All other            Unused - but note that it's a union
  *
  * Example:
+ *
+ * static const u32 myvalidflags = 0xff231023;
+ *
  * static const struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] = {
  * 	[ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
  *	[ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = BARSIZ },
  *	[ATTR_BAZ] = { .type = NLA_EXACT_LEN, .len = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
- *	[ATTR_GOO] = { .type = NLA_BITFIELD32, .validation_data = &myvalidflags },
+ *	[ATTR_GOO] = NLA_POLICY_BITFIELD32(myvalidflags),
  * };
  */
 struct nla_policy {
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ struct nla_policy {
 	u8		validation_type;
 	u16		len;
 	union {
-		const void *validation_data;
+		const u32 bitfield32_valid;
+		const char *reject_message;
+		const struct nla_policy *nested_policy;
 		struct {
 			s16 min, max;
 		};
@@ -329,13 +331,15 @@ struct nla_policy {
 #define NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR_COMPAT	NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN_WARN(ETH_ALEN)
 
 #define _NLA_POLICY_NESTED(maxattr, policy) \
-	{ .type = NLA_NESTED, .validation_data = policy, .len = maxattr }
+	{ .type = NLA_NESTED, .nested_policy = policy, .len = maxattr }
 #define _NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(maxattr, policy) \
-	{ .type = NLA_NESTED_ARRAY, .validation_data = policy, .len = maxattr }
+	{ .type = NLA_NESTED_ARRAY, .nested_policy = policy, .len = maxattr }
 #define NLA_POLICY_NESTED(policy) \
 	_NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ARRAY_SIZE(policy) - 1, policy)
 #define NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(policy) \
 	_NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(ARRAY_SIZE(policy) - 1, policy)
+#define NLA_POLICY_BITFIELD32(valid) \
+	{ .type = NLA_BITFIELD32, .bitfield32_valid = valid }
 
 #define __NLA_ENSURE(condition) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!(condition))
 #define NLA_ENSURE_INT_TYPE(tp)				\