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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2006-03-22 13:56:08 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-03-22 13:56:08 -0800
commitb9f78f9fca626875af8adc0f7366a38b8e625a0e (patch)
tree1087c6f6a6cc39e4e55c2a02f93d93da67a68ed3 /net/netfilter/xt_helper.c
parenta45049c51ce6a3fecf2a909b591b28164c927112 (diff)
[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: support for layer 3 protocol load on demand
x_tables matches and targets that require nf_conntrack_ipv[4|6] to work don't have enough information to load on demand these modules. This patch introduces the following changes to solve this issue: o nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get: try to load the layer 3 connection tracker module and increases the refcount. o nf_ct_l3proto_module put: drop the refcount of the module. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter/xt_helper.c')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/xt_helper.c17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_helper.c b/net/netfilter/xt_helper.c
index 7d2d68b9155f..101f0005e987 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_helper.c
@@ -144,15 +144,31 @@ static int check(const char *tablename,
{
struct xt_helper_info *info = matchinfo;
+#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
+ if (nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get(match->family) < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "can't load nf_conntrack support for "
+ "proto=%d\n", match->family);
+ return 0;
+ }
+#endif
info->name[29] = '\0';
return 1;
}
+static void
+destroy(const struct xt_match *match, void *matchinfo, unsigned int matchsize)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
+ nf_ct_l3proto_module_put(match->family);
+#endif
+}
+
static struct xt_match helper_match = {
.name = "helper",
.match = match,
.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_helper_info),
.checkentry = check,
+ .destroy = destroy,
.family = AF_INET,
.me = THIS_MODULE,
};
@@ -161,6 +177,7 @@ static struct xt_match helper6_match = {
.match = match,
.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_helper_info),
.checkentry = check,
+ .destroy = destroy,
.family = AF_INET6,
.me = THIS_MODULE,
};