Re: [PATCHv2] netfilter: Remove skb_is_nonlinear check from nf_conntrack_sip

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Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:13:03PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> Your patch is based on an old version, the current version also
>> supports TCP. I'll commit this patch to my tree after some testing.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
>> index b20f427..45750cc 100644
>> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
>> @@ -1393,10 +1393,8 @@ static int sip_help_tcp(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
>>  
>>  	nf_ct_refresh(ct, skb, sip_timeout * HZ);
>>  
>> -	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
>> -		pr_debug("Copy of skbuff not supported yet.\n");
>> +	if (unlikely(skb_linearize(skb)))
>>  		return NF_ACCEPT;
>> -	}
> 
> Should this be NF_DROP? As I understand it skb_linearize only failes
> if it runs out of memory, which probably means dropping is OK. But
> passing a packet that might need rewriting could be harmful..

We so far also didn't rewrite the packet. But agreed, its
a corner case and dropping it is the safer choice.
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