From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@suse.de>
To: "Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen" <ast@fiberby.net>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
io-uring@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] io_uring/cmd_net: fix too strict requirement on ioctl
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:30:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ikbw92x7.fsf@mailhost.krisman.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260216-io-uring-fix@fiberby.net> ("Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen"'s message of "Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:27:18 +0000")
Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@fiberby.net> writes:
> Attempting SOCKET_URING_OP_SETSOCKOPT on an AF_NETLINK socket resulted
> in an -EOPNOTSUPP, as AF_NETLINK doesn't have an ioctl in its struct
> proto, but only in struct proto_ops.
>
> Prior to the blamed commit, io_uring_cmd_sock() only had two cmd_op
> operations, both requiring ioctl, thus the check was warranted.
>
> Since then, 4 new cmd_op operations have been added, none of which
> depend on ioctl. This patch moves the ioctl check, so it only applies
> to the original operations.
>
> AFAICT, the ioctl requirement was unintentional, and it wasn't
> visible in the blamed patch within 3 lines of context.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: a5d2f99aff6b ("io_uring/cmd: Introduce SOCKET_URING_OP_GETSOCKOPT")
> Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@fiberby.net>
Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@suse.de>
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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-16 14:30 UTC|newest]
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2026-02-16 10:27 [PATCH] io_uring/cmd_net: fix too strict requirement on ioctl Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2026-02-16 14:30 ` Gabriel Krisman Bertazi [this message]
2026-02-16 15:29 ` Jens Axboe
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