linux-kernel - Re: [RFA][PATCH 2/8] netfilter: Remove return values for print

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Message-ID: <20141029221601.GB10069@breakpoint.cc>
Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:16:01 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [RFA][PATCH 2/8] netfilter: Remove return values for
 print_conntrack callbacks

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> [ REQUEST FOR ACKS ]
> 
> The seq_printf() and friends are having their return values removed.
> The print_conntrack() returns the result of seq_printf(), which is
> meaningless when seq_printf() returns void. Might as well remove the
> return values of print_conntrack() as well.
[..]

> diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_compat.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_compat.c
> index 4c48e434bb1f..91f207c2cb69 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_compat.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_compat.c
> @@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ static int ct_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
>  		      ? (long)(ct->timeout.expires - jiffies)/HZ : 0) != 0)
>  		goto release;
>  
> -	if (l4proto->print_conntrack && l4proto->print_conntrack(s, ct))
> +	if (l4proto->print_conntrack)
> +		l4proto->print_conntrack(s, ct);
> +
> +	if (seq_has_overflowed(s))
>  		goto release;

Its not obvious to me why nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_compat now calls
seq_has_overflowed ...

> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
> index cf65a1e040dd..348aa3602787 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
> @@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ static int ct_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
>  		       ? (long)(ct->timeout.expires - jiffies)/HZ : 0) != 0)
>  		goto release;
>  
> -	if (l4proto->print_conntrack && l4proto->print_conntrack(s, ct))
> -		goto release;
> +	if (l4proto->print_conntrack)
> +		l4proto->print_conntrack(s, ct);
>  
>  	if (print_tuple(s, &ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple,
>  			l3proto, l4proto))

... while nf_conntrack_standalone does not.
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