Commit 08733a0cb7decce40bbbd0331a0449465f13c444

Authored by Pablo Neira Ayuso
1 parent 26dfab7216

netfilter: handle NF_REPEAT from nf_conntrack_in()

NF_REPEAT is only needed from nf_conntrack_in() under a very specific
case required by the TCP protocol tracker, we can handle this case
without returning to the core hook path. Handling of NF_REPEAT from the
nf_reinject() is left untouched.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

Showing 3 changed files with 8 additions and 13 deletions Side-by-side Diff

net/netfilter/core.c
... ... @@ -322,8 +322,6 @@
322 322 if (ret == 0)
323 323 ret = -EPERM;
324 324 return ret;
325   - case NF_REPEAT:
326   - continue;
327 325 case NF_QUEUE:
328 326 ret = nf_queue(skb, state, &entry, verdict);
329 327 if (ret == 1 && entry)
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
... ... @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@
1305 1305 if (skb->nfct)
1306 1306 goto out;
1307 1307 }
1308   -
  1308 +repeat:
1309 1309 ct = resolve_normal_ct(net, tmpl, skb, dataoff, pf, protonum,
1310 1310 l3proto, l4proto, &set_reply, &ctinfo);
1311 1311 if (!ct) {
1312 1312  
... ... @@ -1345,11 +1345,12 @@
1345 1345 nf_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_REPLY, ct);
1346 1346 out:
1347 1347 if (tmpl) {
1348   - /* Special case: we have to repeat this hook, assign the
1349   - * template again to this packet. We assume that this packet
1350   - * has no conntrack assigned. This is used by nf_ct_tcp. */
  1348 + /* Special case: TCP tracker reports an attempt to reopen a
  1349 + * closed/aborted connection. We have to go back and create a
  1350 + * fresh conntrack.
  1351 + */
1351 1352 if (ret == NF_REPEAT)
1352   - skb->nfct = (struct nf_conntrack *)tmpl;
  1353 + goto repeat;
1353 1354 else
1354 1355 nf_ct_put(tmpl);
1355 1356 }
net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
... ... @@ -725,12 +725,8 @@
725 725 skb->nfctinfo = IP_CT_NEW;
726 726 }
727 727  
728   - /* Repeat if requested, see nf_iterate(). */
729   - do {
730   - err = nf_conntrack_in(net, info->family,
731   - NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING, skb);
732   - } while (err == NF_REPEAT);
733   -
  728 + err = nf_conntrack_in(net, info->family,
  729 + NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING, skb);
734 730 if (err != NF_ACCEPT)
735 731 return -ENOENT;
736 732