netdev - netfilter 03/04: conntrack: fix dropping packet after l4proto->packet()

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:08:46 +0100 (MET)
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: netfilter 03/04: conntrack: fix dropping packet after l4proto->packet()

commit ec8d540969da9a70790e9028d57b5b577dd7aa77
Author: Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@...il.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 16 15:51:29 2009 +0100

    netfilter: conntrack: fix dropping packet after l4proto->packet()
    
    We currently use the negative value in the conntrack code to encode
    the packet verdict in the error. As NF_DROP is equal to 0, inverting
    NF_DROP makes no sense and, as a result, no packets are ever dropped.
    
    Signed-off-by: Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@...il.com>
    Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
    Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 90ce9dd..f4935e3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ nf_conntrack_in(struct net *net, u_int8_t pf, unsigned int hooknum,
 	NF_CT_ASSERT(skb->nfct);
 
 	ret = l4proto->packet(ct, skb, dataoff, ctinfo, pf, hooknum);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret <= 0) {
 		/* Invalid: inverse of the return code tells
 		 * the netfilter core what to do */
 		pr_debug("nf_conntrack_in: Can't track with proto module\n");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
index a1edb9c..f3fd154 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 			 */
 			if (nf_ct_kill(ct))
 				return -NF_REPEAT;
-			return -NF_DROP;
+			return NF_DROP;
 		}
 		/* Fall through */
 	case TCP_CONNTRACK_IGNORE:
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 				nf_log_packet(pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 					  "nf_ct_tcp: killing out of sync session ");
 			nf_ct_kill(ct);
-			return -NF_DROP;
+			return NF_DROP;
 		}
 		ct->proto.tcp.last_index = index;
 		ct->proto.tcp.last_dir = dir;
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