Re: [PATCH ghak124 v3] audit: log nftables configuration change events

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On 2021-02-19 01:26, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 2021-02-18 23:42, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > If they appear in a batch tehy will be ignored, if the batch consists of
> > > > such non-modifying ops only then nf_tables_commit() returns early
> > > > because the transaction list is empty (nothing to do/change).
> > > 
> > > Ok, one little inconvenient question: what about GETOBJ_RESET?  That
> > > looks like a hybrid that modifies kernel table counters and reports
> > > synchronously.  That could be a special case call in
> > > nf_tables_dump_obj() and nf_tables_getobj().  Will that cause a storm
> > > per commit?
> > 
> > No, since they can't be part of a commit (they don't implement the
> > 'call_batch' function).
> 
> Ok, good, so they should be safe (but still needs the gfp param to
> audit_log_nfcfg() for atomic alloc in that obj reset callback).

I just noticed that nft_quota_obj_eval() misses logging NFT_MSG_NEWOBJ
in nf_tables_commit(), so that looks like it should be added.

> - RGB

- RGB

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