The stored ifname and ops.dev->name may deviate after creation due to interface name changes. Prefer the more deterministic stored name in dumps which also helps avoiding inadvertent changes to stored ruleset dumps. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 2ec3e407f91f..c53afdecef24 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -1853,15 +1853,16 @@ static int nft_dump_basechain_hook(struct sk_buff *skb, int family, if (!first) first = hook; - if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_NAME, - hook->ops.dev->name)) + if (nla_put(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_NAME, + hook->ifnamelen, hook->ifname)) goto nla_put_failure; n++; } nla_nest_end(skb, nest_devs); if (n == 1 && - nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_HOOK_DEV, first->ops.dev->name)) + nla_put(skb, NFTA_HOOK_DEV, + first->ifnamelen, first->ifname)) goto nla_put_failure; } nla_nest_end(skb, nest); @@ -8999,7 +9000,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_flowtable_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, hook_list = &flowtable->hook_list; list_for_each_entry_rcu(hook, hook_list, list) { - if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_NAME, hook->ops.dev->name)) + if (nla_put(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_NAME, + hook->ifnamelen, hook->ifname)) goto nla_put_failure; } nla_nest_end(skb, nest_devs); -- 2.43.0