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From 5d002d876a0bfffbbc6bd4f3db20af1bc7ad4962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 23:38:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: add nft_expr_type_request_module()
commit b9c04ae7907f09c5e873e7c9a8feea2ce41e15b3 upstream.
This helper function makes sure the family specific extension is loaded.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3c69d26e2f09..ef944631b976 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2041,6 +2041,19 @@ 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)
@@ -2057,9 +2070,7 @@ 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",
--
2.7.4