{"id":2223993,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2223993/?format=json","web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/20260416131453.308611-8-pablo@netfilter.org/","project":{"id":26,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/projects/26/?format=json","name":"Netfilter Development","link_name":"netfilter-devel","list_id":"netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org","list_email":"netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org","web_url":null,"scm_url":null,"webscm_url":null,"list_archive_url":"","list_archive_url_format":"","commit_url_format":""},"msgid":"<20260416131453.308611-8-pablo@netfilter.org>","list_archive_url":null,"date":"2026-04-16T13:14:49","name":"[net,07/11] netfilter: nat: use kfree_rcu to release ops","commit_ref":null,"pull_url":null,"state":"superseded","archived":true,"hash":"f45216d1f994ac3632b7e66689e85a49958cea90","submitter":{"id":1315,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/1315/?format=json","name":"Pablo Neira Ayuso","email":"pablo@netfilter.org"},"delegate":{"id":11902,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/users/11902/?format=json","username":"strlen","first_name":"Florian","last_name":"Westphal","email":"fw@strlen.de"},"mbox":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/20260416131453.308611-8-pablo@netfilter.org/mbox/","series":[{"id":500161,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/series/500161/?format=json","web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/list/?series=500161","date":"2026-04-16T13:14:48","name":"[net,01/11] netfilter: arp_tables: fix IEEE1394 ARP payload parsing in arp_packet_match()","version":1,"mbox":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/500161/mbox/"}],"comments":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2223993/comments/","check":"pending","checks":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2223993/checks/","tags":{},"related":[],"headers":{"Return-Path":"\n <netfilter-devel+bounces-11975-incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@vger.kernel.org>","X-Original-To":["incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org"],"Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org\n header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=2025 header.b=Fw03q+8R;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org\n (client-ip=172.105.105.114; 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They are currently invisible to\nthe nfnl hook dump subsystem though.\n\nBut once that changes the nat ops structures have to be deferred too.\"\n\nUpdate nf_nat_register_fn() to deal with partial exposition of the hooks\nfrom error path which can be also an issue for nfnetlink_hook.\n\nFixes: e2cf17d3774c (\"netfilter: add new hook nfnl subsystem\")\nSigned-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>\n---\n net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c  |  2 +-\n net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c |  2 +-\n net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c       | 10 ++++++----\n 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c\nindex a5db7c67d61b..3b1de7f82bf8 100644\n--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c\n+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c\n@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void ipt_nat_unregister_lookups(struct net *net)\n \tfor (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(nf_nat_ipv4_ops); i++)\n \t\tnf_nat_ipv4_unregister_fn(net, &ops[i]);\n \n-\tkfree(ops);\n+\tkfree_rcu(ops, rcu);\n }\n \n static int iptable_nat_table_init(struct net *net)\ndiff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c\nindex e119d4f090cc..9adfbfeaab0c 100644\n--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c\n+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c\n@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void ip6t_nat_unregister_lookups(struct net *net)\n \tfor (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(nf_nat_ipv6_ops); i++)\n \t\tnf_nat_ipv6_unregister_fn(net, &ops[i]);\n \n-\tkfree(ops);\n+\tkfree_rcu(ops, rcu);\n }\n \n static int ip6table_nat_table_init(struct net *net)\ndiff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c\nindex 3b5434e4ec9c..b30ca94c2bb7 100644\n--- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c\n+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c\n@@ -1228,9 +1228,11 @@ int nf_nat_register_fn(struct net *net, u8 pf, const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,\n \t\tret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, nat_ops, ops_count);\n \t\tif (ret < 0) {\n \t\t\tmutex_unlock(&nf_nat_proto_mutex);\n-\t\t\tfor (i = 0; i < ops_count; i++)\n-\t\t\t\tkfree(nat_ops[i].priv);\n-\t\t\tkfree(nat_ops);\n+\t\t\tfor (i = 0; i < ops_count; i++) {\n+\t\t\t\tpriv = nat_ops[i].priv;\n+\t\t\t\tkfree_rcu(priv, rcu_head);\n+\t\t\t}\n+\t\t\tkfree_rcu(nat_ops, rcu);\n \t\t\treturn ret;\n \t\t}\n \n@@ -1294,7 +1296,7 @@ void nf_nat_unregister_fn(struct net *net, u8 pf, const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,\n \t\t}\n \n \t\tnat_proto_net->nat_hook_ops = NULL;\n-\t\tkfree(nat_ops);\n+\t\tkfree_rcu(nat_ops, rcu);\n \t}\n unlock:\n \tmutex_unlock(&nf_nat_proto_mutex);\n","prefixes":["net","07/11"]}