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-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/xt_recent.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 203333107367..132cfaa84cdc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module_param(ip_list_perms, uint, 0400);
module_param(ip_list_uid, uint, 0400);
module_param(ip_list_gid, uint, 0400);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_tot, "number of IPs to remember per list");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_pkt_list_tot, "number of packets per IP to remember (max. 255)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_pkt_list_tot, "number of packets per IP address to remember (max. 255)");
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_hash_size, "size of hash table used to look up IPs");
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_perms, "permissions on /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_uid,"owner of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
@@ -306,8 +306,12 @@ static bool recent_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
if ((info->check_set & (XT_RECENT_SET | XT_RECENT_REMOVE)) &&
(info->seconds || info->hit_count))
return false;
- if (info->hit_count > ip_pkt_list_tot)
+ if (info->hit_count > ip_pkt_list_tot) {
+ pr_info(KBUILD_MODNAME ": hitcount (%u) is larger than "
+ "packets to be remembered (%u)\n",
+ info->hit_count, ip_pkt_list_tot);
return false;
+ }
if (info->name[0] == '\0' ||
strnlen(info->name, XT_RECENT_NAME_LEN) == XT_RECENT_NAME_LEN)
return false;