This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nf_tables: add rescheduling points during loop detection walks
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
netfilter-nf_tables-add-rescheduling-points-during-loop-detection-walks.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Jul 13 10:49:47 2023
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:48:50 +0200
Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: add rescheduling points during loop detection walks
To: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sashal@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <20230713084859.71541-3-pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 81ea010667417ef3f218dfd99b69769fe66c2b67 ]
Add explicit rescheduling points during ruleset walk.
Switching to a faster algorithm is possible but this is a much
smaller change, suitable for nf tree.
Link: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -3164,6 +3164,8 @@ int nft_chain_validate(const struct nft_
if (err < 0)
return err;
}
+
+ cond_resched();
}
return 0;
@@ -8506,9 +8508,13 @@ static int nf_tables_check_loops(const s
break;
}
}
+
+ cond_resched();
}
list_for_each_entry(set, &ctx->table->sets, list) {
+ cond_resched();
+
if (!nft_is_active_next(ctx->net, set))
continue;
if (!(set->flags & NFT_SET_MAP) ||
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-chain-binding-transaction-logic.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-drop-map-element-references-from-preparation-phase.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-scheduling-while-atomic-splat.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-unbound-anonymous-set-before-commit-phase.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-use-net_generic-infra-for-transaction-data.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nftables-rename-set-element-data-activation-deactivation-functions.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-incorrect-error-path-handling-with-nft_msg_newrule.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-unbound-chain-set-before-commit-phase.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-add-rescheduling-points-during-loop-detection-walks.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-add-nft_trans_prepare_error-to-deal-with-bound-set-chain.patch
queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-unbind-non-anonymous-set-if-rule-construction-fails.patch
