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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


             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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