Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 11:42:28AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote: > We can also add another scratchpad area, similar to the ->cb[x] area > that can be initialized before netlink_dump_start()? So we don't need > the data pointer. > > By passing the array of attributes, we'll need to do attribute parsing > over and over again from each netlink_dump() call. Its still done once, parsing is only delayed/moved to ->start(). Now: nla_parse control->data = kmalloc() + init netlink_dump_start() ->start() /* if it returns 0, done() will be called eventually netlink_dump() ->done() free(cb->data); Proposed fix: control->data = &on_stack; netlink_dump_start() ->start() nla_parse cb->data = kmalloc() + init netlink_dump() ->done() free(cb->data); I've submitted a patch for nf_tables, let me know if you have a better idea or see a problem with it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html