Re: [PATCH] netfilter: per network namespace nfacct

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On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 12:56:06PM +0200, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> On 08/06/2015 12:07 PM, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 05:51:45PM +0200, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> 
> [..]
> 
> >>+static void __net_exit nfnl_acct_net_exit(struct net *net)
> >>+{
> >>+	struct nf_acct *cur, *tmp;
> >>+
> >>+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, tmp, &net->nfnl_acct_list, head) {
> >>+		list_del_rcu(&cur->head);
> >>+
> >>+		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&cur->refcnt))
> >>+			kfree_rcu(cur, rcu_head);
> >>+	}
> >>+}
> >
> >You better use nfnl_acct_put() here, otherwise we leak a module
> >refcount.
> 
> The module refcount is only taken in nfnl_acct_find_get. The initial
> insert into the list in nfnl_acct_new is not taking the module
> refcount.
> 
> Releasing the module refcount here would IMHO release one recount to
> many. Or do I miss something?

With netns in place, we don't know in what order the __net_exit
functions are called, ie. We may still have references to objects from
xt_nfacct.
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