Hi Palbo,

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 4:29 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Gao Feng <[email protected]>
>
> Because these two functions return the nf_ct_helper_expectfn pointer
> which should be protected by rcu lock. So it should makes sure the
> caller should hold the rcu lock, not inside these functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <[email protected]>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c 
> b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> index 6dc44d9..bce3d1f 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> @@ -311,38 +311,36 @@ void nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister(struct 
> nf_ct_helper_expectfn *n)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister);
>
> +/* Caller should hold the rcu lock */
>  struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *
>  nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name(const char *name)
>  {
>         struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *cur;
>         bool found = false;
>
> -       rcu_read_lock();
>         list_for_each_entry_rcu(cur, &nf_ct_helper_expectfn_list, head) {
>                 if (!strcmp(cur->name, name)) {
>                         found = true;
>                         break;
>                 }
>         }
> -       rcu_read_unlock();
>         return found ? cur : NULL;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name);
>
> +/* Caller should hold the rcu lock */
>  struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *
>  nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol(const void *symbol)
>  {
>         struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *cur;
>         bool found = false;
>
> -       rcu_read_lock();
>         list_for_each_entry_rcu(cur, &nf_ct_helper_expectfn_list, head) {
>                 if (cur->expectfn == symbol) {
>                         found = true;
>                         break;
>                 }
>         }
> -       rcu_read_unlock();
>         return found ? cur : NULL;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol);
> --
> 1.9.1
>
>

Sorry, I misspelled the title. It should be "nf-next", not "net-next".

Regards
Feng
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