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authorPablo Neira Ayuso2019-07-05 23:38:46 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso2019-07-05 23:50:31 +0200
commitb9c04ae7907f09c5e873e7c9a8feea2ce41e15b3 (patch)
treea959786a84577fc5a1f7f7951a12cdf47eb1a7c3 /net/netfilter
parentnetfilter: nft_meta_bridge: Add NFT_META_BRI_IIFVPROTO support (diff)
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netfilter: nf_tables: add nft_expr_type_request_module()
This helper function makes sure the family specific extension is loaded. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index cae5c46e2dd4..582f4e475d67 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2019,6 +2019,19 @@ static const struct nft_expr_type *__nft_expr_type_get(u8 family,
return NULL;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+static int nft_expr_type_request_module(struct net *net, u8 family,
+ struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ nft_request_module(net, "nft-expr-%u-%.*s", family,
+ nla_len(nla), (char *)nla_data(nla));
+ if (__nft_expr_type_get(family, nla))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
static const struct nft_expr_type *nft_expr_type_get(struct net *net,
u8 family,
struct nlattr *nla)
@@ -2035,9 +2048,7 @@ static const struct nft_expr_type *nft_expr_type_get(struct net *net,
lockdep_nfnl_nft_mutex_not_held();
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
if (type == NULL) {
- nft_request_module(net, "nft-expr-%u-%.*s", family,
- nla_len(nla), (char *)nla_data(nla));
- if (__nft_expr_type_get(family, nla))
+ if (nft_expr_type_request_module(net, family, nla) == -EAGAIN)
return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
nft_request_module(net, "nft-expr-%.*s",