[PATCH v2 1/3] Revert "netfilter: x_tables: Update remaining dereference to RCU"

From: Mark Tomlinson
Date: Sun Mar 07 2021 - 20:29:16 EST


This reverts commit 443d6e86f821a165fae3fc3fc13086d27ac140b1.

This (and the following) patch basically re-implemented the RCU
mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the
performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have
the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables
slower by as much as an order of magnitude.

Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way.

Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson <mark.tomlinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index c576a63d09db..563b62b76a5f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ static int compat_get_entries(struct net *net,
xt_compat_lock(NFPROTO_ARP);
t = xt_find_table_lock(net, NFPROTO_ARP, get.name);
if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
- const struct xt_table_info *private = xt_table_get_private_protected(t);
+ const struct xt_table_info *private = t->private;
struct xt_table_info info;

ret = compat_table_info(private, &info);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index e8f6f9d86237..6e2851f8d3a3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ compat_get_entries(struct net *net, struct compat_ipt_get_entries __user *uptr,
xt_compat_lock(AF_INET);
t = xt_find_table_lock(net, AF_INET, get.name);
if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
- const struct xt_table_info *private = xt_table_get_private_protected(t);
+ const struct xt_table_info *private = t->private;
struct xt_table_info info;
ret = compat_table_info(private, &info);
if (!ret && get.size == info.size)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index 0d453fa9e327..c4f532f4d311 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ compat_get_entries(struct net *net, struct compat_ip6t_get_entries __user *uptr,
xt_compat_lock(AF_INET6);
t = xt_find_table_lock(net, AF_INET6, get.name);
if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
- const struct xt_table_info *private = xt_table_get_private_protected(t);
+ const struct xt_table_info *private = t->private;
struct xt_table_info info;
ret = compat_table_info(private, &info);
if (!ret && get.size == info.size)
--
2.30.1