From 6ae7989c9af0d98ab64196f4f4c6f6499454bd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Westphal Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 05:03:25 +0100 Subject: netfilter: conntrack: avoid useless indirection during conntrack destruction nf_ct_put() results in a usesless indirection: nf_ct_put -> nf_conntrack_put -> nf_conntrack_destroy -> rcu readlock + indirect call of ct_hooks->destroy(). There are two _put helpers: nf_ct_put and nf_conntrack_put. The latter is what should be used in code that MUST NOT cause a linker dependency on the conntrack module (e.g. calls from core network stack). Everyone else should call nf_ct_put() instead. A followup patch will convert a few nf_conntrack_put() calls to nf_ct_put(), in particular from modules that already have a conntrack dependency such as act_ct or even nf_conntrack itself. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h index a03f7a80b9ab..2770db2fa080 100644 --- a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h +++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ struct nf_conntrack { }; void nf_conntrack_destroy(struct nf_conntrack *nfct); + +/* like nf_ct_put, but without module dependency on nf_conntrack */ static inline void nf_conntrack_put(struct nf_conntrack *nfct) { if (nfct && refcount_dec_and_test(&nfct->use)) -- cgit v1.2.3