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* netfilter: x_tables: ratelimit most printks
@ 2018-02-07 13:48 Florian Westphal
  2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 1/7] netfilter: x_tables: remove pr_info where possible Florian Westphal
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From: Florian Westphal @ 2018-02-07 13:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netfilter-devel

Aeons ago, before namespaces, there was no need to ratelimit this:
all of these error messages got triggered in response to iptables
commands, which need CAP_NET_ADMIN.

Nowadays we have namespaces, so its better to ratelimit these.
This should also help fuzzing (syzkaller), as it can generate a large
volume of error messages (which are useless there).

The patches are split as follows:
- first get rid of printks that should never be triggered, as userland
  doesn't generate such malformed rules anyway.
- second, switch some printks to pr_debug.  This is mostly for messages
  where it might make sense for developers to see what exactly went
  wrong.

Rest of the patches swap remaining pr_foo with pr_foo_ratelimited().

Note that most patches introduce overly long lines, but splitting these
would make it necessary to split the error messages which is worse.

46 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 257 deletions(-)


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2018-02-07 13:48 netfilter: x_tables: ratelimit most printks Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 1/7] netfilter: x_tables: remove pr_info where possible Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 17:03   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-02-07 19:14     ` Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 2/7] netfilter: x_tables: prefer pr_debug " Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 17:02   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-02-07 19:15     ` Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 3/7] netfilter: xt_CT: use pr ratelimiting Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 4/7] netfilter: x_tables: rate limit pr_err warnings Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 5/7] netfilter: x_tables: rate-limit table mismatch warnings Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 6/7] netfilter: x_tables: use pr ratelimiting Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 13:48 ` [PATCH nf 7/7] netfilter: x_tables: use pr ratelimiting in all remaining spots Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 17:00   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-02-07 19:23     ` Florian Westphal
2018-02-07 19:30       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-02-14 19:49 ` netfilter: x_tables: ratelimit most printks Pablo Neira Ayuso

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