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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>2011-03-09 14:14:26 +0100
committerPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2011-03-09 14:14:26 +0100
commitadb00ae2ea0ec65f9d3d06079950c0f0ade3b614 (patch)
tree78f6cad2236a0393b74b6e9ac5b1975323cefde6
parent9846ada138accc63994b57ebdfa76e3e137729e2 (diff)
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netfilter: x_tables: misuse of try_then_request_module
Since xt_find_match() returns ERR_PTR(xx) on error not NULL, the macro try_then_request_module won't work correctly here. The macro expects its first argument will be zero if condition fails. But ERR_PTR(-ENOENT) is not zero. The correct solution is to propagate the error value back. Found by inspection, and compile tested only. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/x_tables.c22
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 0a77d2ff2154..271eed32a6a1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_unregister_matches);
/*
* These are weird, but module loading must not be done with mutex
* held (since they will register), and we have to have a single
- * function to use try_then_request_module().
+ * function to use.
*/
/* Find match, grabs ref. Returns ERR_PTR() on error. */
@@ -221,9 +221,13 @@ xt_request_find_match(uint8_t nfproto, const char *name, uint8_t revision)
{
struct xt_match *match;
- match = try_then_request_module(xt_find_match(nfproto, name, revision),
- "%st_%s", xt_prefix[nfproto], name);
- return (match != NULL) ? match : ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ match = xt_find_match(nfproto, name, revision);
+ if (IS_ERR(match)) {
+ request_module("%st_%s", xt_prefix[nfproto], name);
+ match = xt_find_match(nfproto, name, revision);
+ }
+
+ return match;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_request_find_match);
@@ -261,9 +265,13 @@ struct xt_target *xt_request_find_target(u8 af, const char *name, u8 revision)
{
struct xt_target *target;
- target = try_then_request_module(xt_find_target(af, name, revision),
- "%st_%s", xt_prefix[af], name);
- return (target != NULL) ? target : ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ target = xt_find_target(af, name, revision);
+ if (IS_ERR(target)) {
+ request_module("%st_%s", xt_prefix[af], name);
+ target = xt_find_target(af, name, revision);
+ }
+
+ return target;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_request_find_target);