Hi, On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 06:23:08PM -0700, Chenbo Feng wrote: > From: Chenbo Feng <fengc@xxxxxxxxxx> > > A major flaw of the current xt_quota module is that quota in a specific > rule gets reset every time there is a rule change in the same table. It > makes the xt_quota module not very useful in a table in which iptables > rules are changed at run time. This fix introduces a new counter that is > visible to userspace as the remaining quota of the current rule. When > userspace restores the rules in a table, it can restore the counter to > the remaining quota instead of resetting it to the full quota. A few questions, see below. First one is, don't we need a new match revision for this new option? > Signed-off-by: Chenbo Feng <fengc@xxxxxxxxxx> > Suggested-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_quota.h | 8 +++-- > net/netfilter/xt_quota.c | 55 +++++++++++++-------------------- > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_quota.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_quota.h > index f3ba5d9..d72fd52 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_quota.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_quota.h > @@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ struct xt_quota_info { > __u32 flags; > __u32 pad; > __aligned_u64 quota; > - > - /* Used internally by the kernel */ > - struct xt_quota_priv *master; > +#ifdef __KERNEL__ > + atomic64_t counter; > +#else > + __aligned_u64 remain; > +#endif > }; > > #endif /* _XT_QUOTA_H */ > diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_quota.c b/net/netfilter/xt_quota.c > index 10d61a6..6afa7f4 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/xt_quota.c > +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_quota.c > @@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ > #include <linux/netfilter/xt_quota.h> > #include <linux/module.h> > > -struct xt_quota_priv { > - spinlock_t lock; > - uint64_t quota; > -}; > - > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Sam Johnston <samj@xxxxxxxx>"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xtables: countdown quota match"); > @@ -26,54 +21,48 @@ static bool > quota_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par) > { > struct xt_quota_info *q = (void *)par->matchinfo; > - struct xt_quota_priv *priv = q->master; > + u64 current_count = atomic64_read(&q->counter); > bool ret = q->flags & XT_QUOTA_INVERT; > - > - spin_lock_bh(&priv->lock); > - if (priv->quota >= skb->len) { > - priv->quota -= skb->len; > - ret = !ret; > - } else { > - /* we do not allow even small packets from now on */ > - priv->quota = 0; > - } > - spin_unlock_bh(&priv->lock); > - > - return ret; > + u64 old_count, new_count; > + > + do { > + if (current_count == 1) > + return ret; So 1 means, don't keep updating, quota is depleted? This current_count = 1 would be exposed to userspace too, right? Hm, this semantics are going to be a bit awkwards to users I think, I would prefer to expose this in a different way. > + if (current_count <= skb->len) { > + atomic64_set(&q->counter, 1); > + return ret; > + } > + old_count = current_count; > + new_count = current_count - skb->len; > + current_count = atomic64_cmpxchg(&q->counter, old_count, > + new_count); > + } while (current_count != old_count); Probably we simplify this via atomic64_add_return()? I guess problem is userspace may get a current counter that is larger than the quota, but we could handle this from userspace iptables to print a value that equals the quota, ie. from userspace, before printing: if (consumed > quota) printf("--consumed %PRIu64 ", quota); else printf("--consumed %PRIu64 ", consumed); > + return !ret; > } Thanks !