From: Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: amanda: fix RCU pointer typing for nf_nat_amanda_hook
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:01:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260203080109.2682183-1-sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com> (raw)
The nf_nat_amanda_hook pointer is accessed via rcu_dereference(), but
it lacks the __rcu annotation in its declaration and definition. Sparse
reports "incompatible types in comparison expression (different
address spaces)" errors in nf_conntrack_amanda.c.
Fix this by:
1. Adding __rcu and __read_mostly to the global nf_nat_amanda_hook
declaration.
2. Adding __rcu to the global nf_nat_amanda_hook definition.
3. Explicitly declaring the local nf_nat_amanda function pointer
without __rcu to store the dereferenced pointer.
4. Using rcu_dereference_raw() to fetch the hook address, which
satisfies sparse's type checking for function pointers.
Signed-off-by: Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.h | 3 ++-
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c | 11 ++++++++---
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.h
index 6f0ac896fcc9..edf1d30135a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.h
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ extern unsigned int (*nf_nat_amanda_hook)(struct sk_buff *skb,
unsigned int protoff,
unsigned int matchoff,
unsigned int matchlen,
- struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp);
+ struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
+ __rcu __read_mostly;
#endif /* _NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA_H */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c
index 7be4c35e4795..7b3fffea45da 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ unsigned int (*nf_nat_amanda_hook)(struct sk_buff *skb,
unsigned int matchoff,
unsigned int matchlen,
struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
- __read_mostly;
+ __rcu __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_nat_amanda_hook);
enum amanda_strings {
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ static int amanda_help(struct sk_buff *skb,
u_int16_t len;
__be16 port;
int ret = NF_ACCEPT;
- typeof(nf_nat_amanda_hook) nf_nat_amanda;
+ unsigned int (*nf_nat_amanda)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
+ unsigned int protoff,
+ unsigned int matchoff,
+ unsigned int matchlen,
+ struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp);
/* Only look at packets from the Amanda server */
if (CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo) == IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL)
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ static int amanda_help(struct sk_buff *skb,
&tuple->src.u3, &tuple->dst.u3,
IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port);
- nf_nat_amanda = rcu_dereference(nf_nat_amanda_hook);
+ nf_nat_amanda = rcu_dereference_raw(nf_nat_amanda_hook);
if (nf_nat_amanda && ct->status & IPS_NAT_MASK)
ret = nf_nat_amanda(skb, ctinfo, protoff,
off - dataoff, len, exp);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 8:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 8:01 Sun Jian [this message]
2026-02-03 13:50 ` [PATCH] netfilter: amanda: fix RCU pointer typing for nf_nat_amanda_hook Florian Westphal
2026-02-03 14:36 ` sun jian
2026-02-03 14:55 ` [PATCH v2] " Sun Jian
2026-02-03 15:03 ` Florian Westphal
2026-02-03 16:19 ` sun jian
2026-02-03 16:59 ` Florian Westphal
2026-02-04 1:56 ` sun jian
2026-02-04 2:31 ` sun jian
2026-02-04 12:24 ` Florian Westphal
2026-02-04 14:49 ` sun jian
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