linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 096/111] Revert "netfilter: x_tables: Update remaining dereference to RCU"

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Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:58:44 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Tomlinson <mark.tomlinson@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 096/111] Revert "netfilter: x_tables: Update remaining dereference to RCU"

From: Mark Tomlinson <mark.tomlinson@...iedtelesis.co.nz>

[ Upstream commit abe7034b9a8d57737e80cc16d60ed3666990bdbf ]

This reverts commit 443d6e86f821a165fae3fc3fc13086d27ac140b1.

This (and the following) patch basically re-implemented the RCU
mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the
performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have
the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables
slower by as much as an order of magnitude.

Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way.

Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson <mark.tomlinson@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 2 +-
 net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c  | 2 +-
 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index 680a1320399d..f1f78a742b36 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ static int compat_get_entries(struct net *net,
 	xt_compat_lock(NFPROTO_ARP);
 	t = xt_find_table_lock(net, NFPROTO_ARP, get.name);
 	if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
-		const struct xt_table_info *private = xt_table_get_private_protected(t);
+		const struct xt_table_info *private = t->private;
 		struct xt_table_info info;
 
 		ret = compat_table_info(private, &info);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index 8c320b7a423c..10b91ebdf213 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ compat_get_entries(struct net *net, struct compat_ipt_get_entries __user *uptr,
 	xt_compat_lock(AF_INET);
 	t = xt_find_table_lock(net, AF_INET, get.name);
 	if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
-		const struct xt_table_info *private = xt_table_get_private_protected(t);
+		const struct xt_table_info *private = t->private;
 		struct xt_table_info info;
 		ret = compat_table_info(private, &info);
 		if (!ret && get.size == info.size)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index 85d8ed970cdc..c973ace208c5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ compat_get_entries(struct net *net, struct compat_ip6t_get_entries __user *uptr,
 	xt_compat_lock(AF_INET6);
 	t = xt_find_table_lock(net, AF_INET6, get.name);
 	if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
-		const struct xt_table_info *private = xt_table_get_private_protected(t);
+		const struct xt_table_info *private = t->private;
 		struct xt_table_info info;
 		ret = compat_table_info(private, &info);
 		if (!ret && get.size == info.size)
-- 
2.30.1