netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: skbuff: hide nf_trace and ipvs

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Date:   Sat, 15 Apr 2023 01:11:39 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        pablo@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: skbuff: hide nf_trace and ipvs_property

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:09:50 +0200 Florian Westphal wrote:
> > > +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_NF_TABLES)
> > >  	__u8			nf_trace:1;  
> > 
> > As already pointed out nftables can be a module, other than that
> 
> I copied it from:
> 
> static inline void nf_reset_trace(struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_NF_TABLES)
> 	skb->nf_trace = 0;
> #endif
> }
>
> I can't quite figure out why this would be intentional.
> Do the existing conditions need to be fixed?

Yes, this is not correct; needs to be "|| IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_TABLES)".

Fixes: 478b360a47b7 ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix nf_trace always-on with XT_TRACE=n")

Let me know if you'd like to add the fix to v2 of your patchset
yourself, otherwise I'll send a fixup patch to netfilter-devel@ on
monday.