netdev - Re: [patch net-next 1/3] net: propagate sock pointer through netfilter hooks

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:52:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	cwang@...pensource.com, pshelar@...ira.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, therbert@...gle.com,
	dborkman@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 1/3] net: propagate sock pointer through
 netfilter hooks

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:29:26 +0200

> Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 08:51:03PM CEST, davem@...emloft.net wrote:
>>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>>Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:05:10 +0200
>>
>>> Dave, I see that the patchset is in state "Changes requested". I do not
>>> think I understand what is needed to be done at this point. Would you
>>> please tell me? Thanks.
>>
>>I said there is too much churn so I want an alternative approach
>>considered.
>>
>>Also want you to fix the ipv6 fragmentation error too.
> 
> 
> Hmm. When skb->x adding is no-go and propagating sk through nf hooks is
> no go, I really do not see the way to fix this... I might be missing
> something though...

Change the order of operations so that sk can be evaluated and tested
earlier in the code paths, before the NF_HOOK executes.

Or only store the boolean result of the test in the sk_buff.

Please, try to be creative, do not just see black and white. :-)
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