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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: Re: [nf PATCH 5/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Add locking for NFT_MSG_GETSETELEM_RESET requests
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:53:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZRFmjoAn6Ltuk8ff@calendula> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230923013807.11398-6-phil@nwl.cc>

On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 03:38:07AM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> Introduce dedicated callbacks for nfnetlink and the asynchronous dump
> handling which perform the necessary locking.

I would describe here what this patchset fixes, basically, two
different threads that dump the set content with the _RESET command is
problematic since both threads are racing. You might find a better
wording for this.

      reply	other threads:[~2023-09-25 10:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-23  1:38 [nf PATCH 0/5] Introduce locking for reset requests Phil Sutter
2023-09-23  1:38 ` [nf PATCH 1/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Don't allocate nft_rule_dump_ctx Phil Sutter
2023-09-23  1:38 ` [nf PATCH 2/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Add locking for NFT_MSG_GETRULE_RESET requests Phil Sutter
2023-09-23 11:04   ` Florian Westphal
2023-09-23 15:03     ` Phil Sutter
2023-09-23 16:18       ` Florian Westphal
2023-09-25  9:32         ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-25 19:53           ` Florian Westphal
2023-09-26  9:34             ` Phil Sutter
2023-09-26 10:09               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-26 12:14                 ` Phil Sutter
2023-09-26 13:34                   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-26 13:59                     ` Phil Sutter
2023-09-27 11:41                       ` Florian Westphal
2023-09-27 12:54                         ` Phil Sutter
2023-09-25 11:02     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-25 10:47   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-26  9:14     ` Phil Sutter
2023-09-26 10:00       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-25 10:48   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-25 11:01     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-09-23  1:38 ` [nf PATCH 3/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce struct nft_obj_dump_ctx Phil Sutter
2023-09-23  1:38 ` [nf PATCH 4/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Add locking for NFT_MSG_GETOBJ_RESET requests Phil Sutter
2023-09-23  1:38 ` [nf PATCH 5/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Add locking for NFT_MSG_GETSETELEM_RESET requests Phil Sutter
2023-09-25 10:53   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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