Re: [patch v2 04/11] nf_conntrack_netlink: pass nf_conntrack_netlink module to netlink_dump_start

[Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>]

于 2012年09月26日 23:04, Pablo Neira Ayuso 写道:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 08:35:53PM +0800, Gao feng wrote:
>> 于 2012年09月26日 17:58, Pablo Neira Ayuso 写道:
>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 05:42:31PM +0800, Gao feng wrote:
>>>> Hi Pablo:
>>>>
>>>> 于 2012年09月26日 17:26, Pablo Neira Ayuso 写道:
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 04:41:21PM +0800, Gao feng wrote:
>>>>>> use proper netlink_dump_control.done and .module to avoid panic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c |    8 ++++++++
>>>>>>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
>>>>>> index 9807f32..509a257 100644
>>>>>> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
>>>>>> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
>>>>>> @@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
>>>>>>  		nf_ct_put((struct nf_conn *)cb->args[1]);
>>>>>>  	if (cb->data)
>>>>>>  		kfree(cb->data);
>>>>>> +	netlink_dump_done(cb);
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you can call netlink_dump_done from af_netlink.c:
>>>>>
>>>>> static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk) 
>>>>>         ...
>>>>>         if (cb->done) {
>>>>>                 cb->done(cb);
>>>>>                 netlink_dump_done(...);
>>>>>         }
>>>>>
>>>>> Thus, you don't need to change netlink_dump_control in every netlink
>>>>> subsystem.
>>>>
>>>> because cb->done is called by netlink_sock_destruct too,it's very usefully
>>>> when userspace program only send dump request to kernel without reading
>>>> data from kernel.
>>>
>>> Then add that to netlink_sock_destruct as well. If possible, I prefer
>>> if this remains in the netlink core to avoid leaking module refcount
>>> if you forget to call netlink_dump_done.
>>
>> make sense, I will update it in next version.
>> Thanks!
> 
> Great. Remove also netlink_dump_done and just use module_put instead
> after cb->done. That new function you added is so small that there is
> no way to justify its addition.
> 
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  	return 0;
>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> @@ -1022,6 +1023,7 @@ ctnetlink_get_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
>>>>>>  		struct netlink_dump_control c = {
>>>>>>  			.dump = ctnetlink_dump_table,
>>>>>>  			.done = ctnetlink_done,
>>>>>> +			.module = THIS_MODULE,
>>>>>
>>>>> You can do something similar to:
>>>>>
>>>>> 9f00d97 netlink: hide struct module parameter in netlink_kernel_create
>>>>>
>>>>> by definiting netlink_dump_start as static inline and using
>>>>> THIS_MODULE from there.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I'm not missing anything, with those two changes, you will not need
>>>>> to modify any caller and it will result one single patch.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can see the patch [11/11], THIS_MODULE in infiniband/core/cma.c
>>>> means module rdma_cm,but we call netlink_dump_start in infiniband/core/netlink.c
>>>
>>> You can still use __netlink_dump_start for that case, which allows you
>>> to specify a custom struct module * parameter. But for most cases,
>>> netlink_dump_start (which hides THIS_MODULE) should be fine.
>>
>> I don't know how to deal with module_put in this way.
>> and I think my  way is simple enough.
> 
> Not sure what problem with module_put you're refering to.
> 

forget this,I'm wrong.

> I think you can make this patchset way smaller with the change I'm
> proposing.
> 

I know,but I choose simple and directviewing, not smaller.
I think these two function will make people confuse.

Thanks!