netdev - [PATCH net 5/5] netfilter: conntrack: don't increment invalid counter on NF

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Message-Id: <20220120125212.991271-6-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:52:12 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 5/5] netfilter: conntrack: don't increment invalid counter on NF_REPEAT

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

The packet isn't invalid, REPEAT means we're trying again after cleaning
out a stale connection, e.g. via tcp tracker.

This caused increases of invalid stat counter in a test case involving
frequent connection reuse, even though no packet is actually invalid.

Fixes: 56a62e2218f5 ("netfilter: conntrack: fix NF_REPEAT handling")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 894a325d39f2..d6aa5b47031e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1924,15 +1924,17 @@ nf_conntrack_in(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_hook_state *state)
 		pr_debug("nf_conntrack_in: Can't track with proto module\n");
 		nf_ct_put(ct);
 		skb->_nfct = 0;
-		NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(state->net, invalid);
-		if (ret == -NF_DROP)
-			NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(state->net, drop);
 		/* Special case: TCP tracker reports an attempt to reopen a
 		 * closed/aborted connection. We have to go back and create a
 		 * fresh conntrack.
 		 */
 		if (ret == -NF_REPEAT)
 			goto repeat;
+
+		NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(state->net, invalid);
+		if (ret == -NF_DROP)
+			NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(state->net, drop);
+
 		ret = -ret;
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
2.30.2