Re: [PATCH v3] netfilter: nft_meta: Add NFT_META_I/OIFKIND meta type

[wenxu <wenxu@ucloud.cn>]

Hi all,
Are there any other idear for this patch?  Maye should modify  IFNAMSIZ to MODULE_NAME_LEN

BR
wenxu
On 2019/1/18 下午10:35, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 03:32:08PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
>> Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
>>>> +	case NFT_META_IIFKIND:
>>>> +		if (in == NULL || in->rtnl_link_ops == NULL)
>>>> +			goto err;
>>>> +		strncpy((char *)dest, in->rtnl_link_ops->kind, IFNAMSIZ);
>>> It seems kind can be arbitrarily large, no limitation in its length.
>> Its limited to 60 or 56 bytes it seems:
>> char kind[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
>>
>> nla_strlcpy(kind, linfo[IFLA_INFO_KIND], sizeof(kind));
>>
>> (linkinfo_to_kind_ops in rtnetlink.c).
>>
>>> Thinking...
>>>
>>> There is no other way to identify a vft device rather than this
>>> string? The only l3mdev that exists if vrf, right?
>> There is, I suggested this more generic approach, as it would allow
>> to create rules that match on the kind of device used (vrf, ppp, etc.).
> Ah I see.
>
>> If you think its too generic, ok.
> I think it's fine, thanks for explaining.
>