netdev - [PATCH 6/7] netfilter: nf_tables: extended netlink error reporting for expressions

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Date:   Sun,  2 Aug 2020 20:31:47 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] netfilter: nf_tables: extended netlink error reporting for expressions

This patch extends 36dd1bcc07e5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: initial support
for extended ACK reporting") to include netlink extended error reporting
for expressions. This allows userspace to identify what rule expression
is triggering the error.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0d96e4eb754d..fac552b0179f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2509,6 +2509,7 @@ int nft_expr_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int attr,
 
 struct nft_expr_info {
 	const struct nft_expr_ops	*ops;
+	const struct nlattr		*attr;
 	struct nlattr			*tb[NFT_EXPR_MAXATTR + 1];
 };
 
@@ -2556,7 +2557,9 @@ static int nf_tables_expr_parse(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	} else
 		ops = type->ops;
 
+	info->attr = nla;
 	info->ops = ops;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err1:
@@ -3214,8 +3217,10 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		err = nf_tables_newexpr(&ctx, &info[i], expr);
-		if (err < 0)
+		if (err < 0) {
+			NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, info[i].attr);
 			goto err2;
+		}
 
 		if (info[i].ops->validate)
 			nft_validate_state_update(net, NFT_VALIDATE_NEED);
-- 
2.20.1