From: Liping Zhang <zlpnobody@xxxxxxxxx>
First, when creating a new ct, we will invoke request_module to try to
load the related inkernel cthelper. So there's no need to call the
request_module again when updating the ct helpinfo.
Second, ctnetlink_change_helper may be called with rcu_read_lock held,
i.e. rcu_read_lock -> nfqnl_recv_verdict -> nfqnl_ct_parse ->
ctnetlink_glue_parse -> ctnetlink_glue_parse_ct ->
ctnetlink_change_helper. But the request_module invocation may sleep,
so we can't call it with the rcu_read_lock held.
Remove it now.
Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang <zlpnobody@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 17 +----------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index dc7dfd68fafe..48c184552de0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1512,23 +1512,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_change_helper(struct nf_conn *ct,
helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(helpname, nf_ct_l3num(ct),
nf_ct_protonum(ct));
- if (helper == NULL) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
-
- if (request_module("nfct-helper-%s", helpname) < 0) {
- spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- }
-
- spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
- helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(helpname, nf_ct_l3num(ct),
- nf_ct_protonum(ct));
- if (helper)
- return -EAGAIN;
-#endif
+ if (helper == NULL)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- }
if (help) {
if (help->helper == helper) {
--
2.1.4
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