From: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
This makes things simpler because we can store the head of the list
in the nf_state structure without worrying about concurrent add/delete
of hook elements from the list.
A future commit will make use of this to implement a simpler
linked-list.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/netfilter.h | 8 +++++++-
include/linux/netfilter_ingress.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter.h b/include/linux/netfilter.h
index 9230f9aee896..ad444f0b4ed0 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter.h
@@ -174,10 +174,16 @@ static inline int nf_hook_thresh(u_int8_t pf, unsigned int hook,
if (!list_empty(hook_list)) {
struct nf_hook_state state;
+ int ret;
+ /* We may already have this, but read-locks nest anyway */
+ rcu_read_lock();
nf_hook_state_init(&state, hook_list, hook, thresh,
pf, indev, outdev, sk, net, okfn);
- return nf_hook_slow(skb, &state);
+
+ ret = nf_hook_slow(skb, &state);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return ret;
}
return 1;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_ingress.h b/include/linux/netfilter_ingress.h
index 5fcd375ef175..6965ba09eba7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter_ingress.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter_ingress.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ static inline bool nf_hook_ingress_active(const struct sk_buff *skb)
return !list_empty(&skb->dev->nf_hooks_ingress);
}
+/* caller must hold rcu_read_lock */
static inline int nf_hook_ingress(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct nf_hook_state state;
--
2.1.4
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