[3.16.y-ckt stable] Patch "netfilter: nft_compat: skip family comparison in case of NFPROTO_UNSPEC" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    netfilter: nft_compat: skip family comparison in case of NFPROTO_UNSPEC

to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.19.8-ckt9.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 9fbd9ffff229e8fb5f8b553ab81d59d32e874e1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 18:04:09 +0200
Subject: netfilter: nft_compat: skip family comparison in case of
 NFPROTO_UNSPEC

commit ba378ca9c04a5fc1b2cf0f0274a9d02eb3d1bad9 upstream.

Fix lookup of existing match/target structures in the corresponding list
by skipping the family check if NFPROTO_UNSPEC is used.

This is resulting in the allocation and insertion of one match/target
structure for each use of them. So this not only bloats memory
consumption but also severely affects the time to reload the ruleset
from the iptables-compat utility.

After this patch, iptables-compat-restore and iptables-compat take
almost the same time to reload large rulesets.

Fixes: 0ca743a55991 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add compatibility layer for x_tables")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_compat.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
index b636486..ccf3d18 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
@@ -555,6 +555,13 @@ struct nft_xt {

 static struct nft_expr_type nft_match_type;

+static bool nft_match_cmp(const struct xt_match *match,
+			  const char *name, u32 rev, u32 family)
+{
+	return strcmp(match->name, name) == 0 && match->revision == rev &&
+	       (match->family == NFPROTO_UNSPEC || match->family == family);
+}
+
 static const struct nft_expr_ops *
 nft_match_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		     const struct nlattr * const tb[])
@@ -562,7 +569,7 @@ nft_match_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	struct nft_xt *nft_match;
 	struct xt_match *match;
 	char *mt_name;
-	__u32 rev, family;
+	u32 rev, family;

 	if (tb[NFTA_MATCH_NAME] == NULL ||
 	    tb[NFTA_MATCH_REV] == NULL ||
@@ -577,8 +584,7 @@ nft_match_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	list_for_each_entry(nft_match, &nft_match_list, head) {
 		struct xt_match *match = nft_match->ops.data;

-		if (strcmp(match->name, mt_name) == 0 &&
-		    match->revision == rev && match->family == family) {
+		if (nft_match_cmp(match, mt_name, rev, family)) {
 			if (!try_module_get(match->me))
 				return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);

@@ -629,6 +635,13 @@ static LIST_HEAD(nft_target_list);

 static struct nft_expr_type nft_target_type;

+static bool nft_target_cmp(const struct xt_target *tg,
+			   const char *name, u32 rev, u32 family)
+{
+	return strcmp(tg->name, name) == 0 && tg->revision == rev &&
+	       (tg->family == NFPROTO_UNSPEC || tg->family == family);
+}
+
 static const struct nft_expr_ops *
 nft_target_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		      const struct nlattr * const tb[])
@@ -636,7 +649,7 @@ nft_target_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	struct nft_xt *nft_target;
 	struct xt_target *target;
 	char *tg_name;
-	__u32 rev, family;
+	u32 rev, family;

 	if (tb[NFTA_TARGET_NAME] == NULL ||
 	    tb[NFTA_TARGET_REV] == NULL ||
@@ -651,8 +664,7 @@ nft_target_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	list_for_each_entry(nft_target, &nft_target_list, head) {
 		struct xt_target *target = nft_target->ops.data;

-		if (strcmp(target->name, tg_name) == 0 &&
-		    target->revision == rev && target->family == family) {
+		if (nft_target_cmp(target, tg_name, rev, family)) {
 			if (!try_module_get(target->me))
 				return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);

--
1.9.1