Re: [PATCH 2.6 NETFILTER] new netfilter module ipt_program.c

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 04:36:14PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> >On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 02:29:35PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 
> >wrote:
> >
> > thing is, you see, i know just enough to be dangerous.
> >
> > using files->file_lock a) seems to work b) is accepted code in the
> > kernel.
> 
> It seems to work - on UP where it is a NOP. On SMP it will deadlock.
> That we have some broken code doesn't mean we want more of it :)
 
 *cackle*

> > if someone else has the experience and knowledge to fix ipt_owner.c
> > i'll quite happily cut/paste that instead - once it's fixed.
> 
> The "fix" is quite easy, replace all occurences of
> spin_lock(&files->file_lock) in the kernel by spin_lock_bh.
 
> But that's not going to be accepted. 

 's'just'a'big'job'for "replace", innit?

 [btw _what_ is the "replace" command doing in the debian mysql package??]

> IIRC the SELinux guys
> want to label packets with the name of the sending process,
> maybe we can use this for the owner match once it's done.

 ... well, given that i'll be rolling this out (broken or not)
 on a single-processor SELinux system, whatever is added
 [for selinux] would also need to be useable by thingy.
 ipt_owner.c.  as well.

 l.

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