Bump!
Anything I can do to help push this forward? The series I submitted to
add support for this to libnftnl and nftables should still apply as-is.
Anything else missing on my end? Or should I try to break this down into
smaller patches/chunks?
Thanks, Phil
On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 05:44:28PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> Changes since v5:
> - First part split into separate series (applied and present in Linus'
> git already).
> - Add nft_hook_find_ops_rcu() in patch 2 already to reduce size of patch
> 5.
> - New patch 4 to reduce size of patch 5.
> - New patch 6 preparing for patch 7 which in turn combines identical
> changes to both flowtables and netdev chains.
>
> Patches 1-5 prepare for and implement nf_hook_ops lists in nft_hook
> objects. This is crucial for wildcard interface specs and convenient
> with dynamic netdev hook registration upon NETDEV_REGISTER events.
>
> Patches 6-9 leverage the new infrastructure to correctly handle
> NETDEV_REGISTER and NETDEV_CHANGENAME events.
>
> Patch 10 prepares the code for non-NUL-terminated interface names passed
> by user space which resemble prefixes to match on. As a side-effect,
> hook allocation code becomes tolerant to non-matching interface specs.
>
> The final two patches implement netlink notifications for netdev
> add/remove events and add a kselftest.
>
> Phil Sutter (12):
> netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce functions freeing nft_hook objects
> netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce nft_hook_find_ops{,_rcu}()
> netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce nft_register_flowtable_ops()
> netfilter: nf_tables: Pass nf_hook_ops to
> nft_unregister_flowtable_hook()
> netfilter: nf_tables: Have a list of nf_hook_ops in nft_hook
> netfilter: nf_tables: Prepare for handling NETDEV_REGISTER events
> netfilter: nf_tables: Respect NETDEV_REGISTER events
> netfilter: nf_tables: Wrap netdev notifiers
> netfilter: nf_tables: Handle NETDEV_CHANGENAME events
> netfilter: nf_tables: Support wildcard netdev hook specs
> netfilter: nf_tables: Add notications for hook changes
> selftests: netfilter: Torture nftables netdev hooks
>
> include/linux/netfilter.h | 3 +
> include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 12 +-
> include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 10 +
> net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 394 ++++++++++++++----
> net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c | 51 ++-
> net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c | 95 ++++-
> net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c | 2 +-
> .../testing/selftests/net/netfilter/Makefile | 1 +
> .../net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh | 151 +++++++
> 9 files changed, 587 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-)
> create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_interface_stress.sh
>
> --
> 2.49.0
>
>
>
