RE: [PATCH net-next 1/1] netfilter: helper: Remove the rcu lock in nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name and nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol.

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Hi Pablo,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso [mailto:pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:30 PM
> To: fgao@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gfree.wind@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] netfilter: helper: Remove the rcu lock
in
> nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name and
> nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 04:29:05PM +0800, fgao@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Because these two functions return the nf_ct_helper_expectfn pointer
> > which should be protected by rcu lock. So it should makes sure the
> > caller should hold the rcu lock, not inside these functions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 6 ++----
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> > b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> > index 6dc44d9..bce3d1f 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> > @@ -311,38 +311,36 @@ void nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister(struct
> > nf_ct_helper_expectfn *n)  }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister);
> >
> > +/* Caller should hold the rcu lock */
> >  struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *
> >  nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name(const char *name)  {
> >  	struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *cur;
> >  	bool found = false;
> >
> > -	rcu_read_lock();
> >  	list_for_each_entry_rcu(cur, &nf_ct_helper_expectfn_list, head) {
> >  		if (!strcmp(cur->name, name)) {
> >  			found = true;
> >  			break;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > -	rcu_read_unlock();
> >  	return found ? cur : NULL;
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name);
> 
> You have to collapse this patch to:
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740576/
> 
> Please... use shorter patch subject names, around 80 chars long. There is
no
> strict limit that I know, but this subject looks too long.

Ok. I would make it shorter, and send another update.

> 
> I think rcu read side is missing in every invocations to:
> 
> __nf_conntrack_helper_find()
> 
> in ctnetlink. So this patch would be larger, have a closer look and fix
this in one
> go, please.

No problem, I would check all callers. 

Best Regards
Feng


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