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netfilter: don't reset nf_trace in nf_reset()
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Commit 130549f ("netfilter: reset nf_trace in nf_reset") added code
to reset nf_trace in nf_reset(). This is wrong and unnecessary.

nf_reset() is used in the following cases:

- when passing packets up the the socket layer, at which point we want to
  release all netfilter references that might keep modules pinned while
  the packet is queued. nf_trace doesn't matter anymore at this point.

- when encapsulating or decapsulating IPsec packets. We want to continue
  tracing these packets after IPsec processing.

- when passing packets through virtual network devices. Only devices on
  that encapsulate in IPv4/v6 matter since otherwise nf_trace is not
  used anymore. Its not entirely clear whether those packets should
  be traced after that, however we've always done that.

- when passing packets through virtual network devices that make the
  packet cross network namespace boundaries. This is the only cases
  where we clearly want to reset nf_trace and is also what the
  original patch intended to fix.

Add a new function nf_reset_trace() and use it in dev_forward_skb() to
fix this properly.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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kaber authored and davem330 committed Apr 5, 2013
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/skbuff.h
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Expand Up @@ -2641,6 +2641,10 @@ static inline void nf_reset(struct sk_buff *skb)
nf_bridge_put(skb->nf_bridge);
skb->nf_bridge = NULL;
#endif
}

static inline void nf_reset_trace(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE)
skb->nf_trace = 0;
#endif
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions net/core/dev.c
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Expand Up @@ -1639,6 +1639,7 @@ int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
skb->mark = 0;
secpath_reset(skb);
nf_reset(skb);
nf_reset_trace(skb);
return netif_rx(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);
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