Treating revision 0 as compatible in EPERM case works fine as long as
there is a revision 0 of that extension defined in DSO. Fix the code for
others: Extend the EPERM handling to all revisions and keep the existing
warning for revision 0.
Fixes: 17534cb18ed0a ("Improve error messages for unsupported extensions")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
iptables/nft.c | 14 ++++++++++----
.../shell/testcases/iptables/0008-unprivileged_0 | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iptables/nft.c b/iptables/nft.c
index 33813ce1b9202..95e6c222682c0 100644
--- a/iptables/nft.c
+++ b/iptables/nft.c
@@ -3510,15 +3510,21 @@ int nft_compatible_revision(const char *name, uint8_t rev, int opt)
err:
mnl_socket_close(nl);
- /* pretend revision 0 is valid -
+ /* ignore EPERM and errors for revision 0 -
* this is required for printing extension help texts as user, also
* helps error messaging on unavailable kernel extension */
- if (ret < 0 && rev == 0) {
- if (errno != EPERM)
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ if (errno == EPERM) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "%s: Could not determine whether revision %u is supported, assuming it is.\n",
+ name, rev);
+ return 1;
+ } else if (rev == 0) {
fprintf(stderr,
"Warning: Extension %s revision 0 not supported, missing kernel module?\n",
name);
- return 1;
+ return 1;
+ }
}
return ret < 0 ? 0 : 1;
diff --git a/iptables/tests/shell/testcases/iptables/0008-unprivileged_0 b/iptables/tests/shell/testcases/iptables/0008-unprivileged_0
index 43e3bc8721dbd..983531fef4720 100755
--- a/iptables/tests/shell/testcases/iptables/0008-unprivileged_0
+++ b/iptables/tests/shell/testcases/iptables/0008-unprivileged_0
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ let "rc+=$?"
grep_or_rc "DNAT target options:" <<< "$out"
let "rc+=$?"
+# TEE has no revision 0
+out=$(run $XT_MULTI iptables -j TEE --help)
+let "rc+=$?"
+grep_or_rc "TEE target options:" <<< "$out"
+let "rc+=$?"
+
out=$(run $XT_MULTI iptables -p tcp -j DNAT --help)
let "rc+=$?"
grep_or_rc "tcp match options:" <<< "$out"
--
2.34.1
