We cannot block/sleep on nf_iterate because netfilter runs under rcu
read lock these days, where blocking is well-known to be illegal. So
let's remove these old comments.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: rebased on top on nf-next that now includes the nf_queue fix dependency.
No changes.
net/netfilter/core.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 3d4aa96cb219..76014ad72ec5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -308,18 +308,11 @@ unsigned int nf_iterate(struct sk_buff *skb,
{
unsigned int verdict;
- /*
- * The caller must not block between calls to this
- * function because of risk of continuing from deleted element.
- */
while (*entryp) {
if (state->thresh > (*entryp)->ops.priority) {
*entryp = rcu_dereference((*entryp)->next);
continue;
}
-
- /* Optimization: we don't need to hold module
- reference here, since function can't sleep. --RR */
repeat:
verdict = (*entryp)->ops.hook((*entryp)->ops.priv, skb, state);
if (verdict != NF_ACCEPT) {
--
2.1.4
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