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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, sashal@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -stable,5.4 1/3] netfilter: nf_tables: pass nft_chain to destroy function, not nft_ctx
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 11:11:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250529091144.118355-2-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250529091144.118355-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

commit 8965d42bcf54d42cbc72fe34a9d0ec3f8527debd upstream.

It would be better to not store nft_ctx inside nft_trans object,
the netlink ctx strucutre is huge and most of its information is
never needed in places that use trans->ctx.

Avoid/reduce its usage if possible, no runtime behaviour change
intended.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 15 ++++++---------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 7812cc3cc751..c6f142b5e64f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1675,10 +1675,8 @@ static void nf_tables_chain_free_chain_rules(struct nft_chain *chain)
 	kvfree(chain->rules_next);
 }
 
-static void nf_tables_chain_destroy(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
+void nf_tables_chain_destroy(struct nft_chain *chain)
 {
-	struct nft_chain *chain = ctx->chain;
-
 	if (WARN_ON(chain->use > 0))
 		return;
 
@@ -1929,7 +1927,7 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
 err_use:
 	nf_tables_unregister_hook(net, table, chain);
 err1:
-	nf_tables_chain_destroy(ctx);
+	nf_tables_chain_destroy(chain);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -6905,7 +6903,7 @@ static void nft_commit_release(struct nft_trans *trans)
 		kfree(nft_trans_chain_name(trans));
 		break;
 	case NFT_MSG_DELCHAIN:
-		nf_tables_chain_destroy(&trans->ctx);
+		nf_tables_chain_destroy(trans->ctx.chain);
 		break;
 	case NFT_MSG_DELRULE:
 		nf_tables_rule_destroy(&trans->ctx, nft_trans_rule(trans));
@@ -7582,7 +7580,7 @@ static void nf_tables_abort_release(struct nft_trans *trans)
 		nf_tables_table_destroy(&trans->ctx);
 		break;
 	case NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN:
-		nf_tables_chain_destroy(&trans->ctx);
+		nf_tables_chain_destroy(trans->ctx.chain);
 		break;
 	case NFT_MSG_NEWRULE:
 		nf_tables_rule_destroy(&trans->ctx, nft_trans_rule(trans));
@@ -8233,7 +8231,7 @@ int __nft_release_basechain(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	}
 	nft_chain_del(ctx->chain);
 	nft_use_dec(&ctx->table->use);
-	nf_tables_chain_destroy(ctx);
+	nf_tables_chain_destroy(ctx->chain);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -8300,10 +8298,9 @@ static void __nft_release_table(struct net *net, struct nft_table *table)
 		nft_obj_destroy(&ctx, obj);
 	}
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(chain, nc, &table->chains, list) {
-		ctx.chain = chain;
 		nft_chain_del(chain);
 		nft_use_dec(&table->use);
-		nf_tables_chain_destroy(&ctx);
+		nf_tables_chain_destroy(chain);
 	}
 	list_del(&table->list);
 	nf_tables_table_destroy(&ctx);
-- 
2.30.2


  reply	other threads:[~2025-05-29  9:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-29  9:11 [PATCH -stable,5.4 0/3] Netfilter fixes for -stable Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-05-29  9:11 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2025-05-29  9:11 ` [PATCH -stable,5.4 2/3] netfilter: nf_tables: wait for rcu grace period on net_device removal Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-05-29  9:11 ` [PATCH -stable,5.4 3/3] netfilter: nf_tables: do not defer rule destruction via call_rcu Pablo Neira Ayuso

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