linux-kernel - [092/118] netfilter: don't reset nf_trace in nf

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Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 14:39:41 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Patrick McHardy" <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [092/118] netfilter: don't reset nf_trace in nf_reset()

3.2.45-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

[ Upstream commit 124dff01afbdbff251f0385beca84ba1b9adda68 ]

Commit 130549fe ("netfilter: reset nf_trace in nf_reset") added code
to reset nf_trace in nf_reset(). This is wrong and unnecessary.

nf_reset() is used in the following cases:

- when passing packets up the the socket layer, at which point we want to
  release all netfilter references that might keep modules pinned while
  the packet is queued. nf_trace doesn't matter anymore at this point.

- when encapsulating or decapsulating IPsec packets. We want to continue
  tracing these packets after IPsec processing.

- when passing packets through virtual network devices. Only devices on
  that encapsulate in IPv4/v6 matter since otherwise nf_trace is not
  used anymore. Its not entirely clear whether those packets should
  be traced after that, however we've always done that.

- when passing packets through virtual network devices that make the
  packet cross network namespace boundaries. This is the only cases
  where we clearly want to reset nf_trace and is also what the
  original patch intended to fix.

Add a new function nf_reset_trace() and use it in dev_forward_skb() to
fix this properly.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h | 7 +++++++
 net/core/dev.c         | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2367,6 +2367,13 @@ static inline void nf_reset(struct sk_bu
 #endif
 }
 
+static inline void nf_reset_trace(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE)
+	skb->nf_trace = 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 /* Note: This doesn't put any conntrack and bridge info in dst. */
 static inline void __nf_copy(struct sk_buff *dst, const struct sk_buff *src)
 {
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *d
 	skb->mark = 0;
 	secpath_reset(skb);
 	nf_reset(skb);
+	nf_reset_trace(skb);
 	return netif_rx(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);

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