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Pablo Neira Ayuso 591054469b netfilter: nf_tables: revisit chain/object refcounting from elements
Andreas reports that the following incremental update using our commit
protocol doesn't work.

 # nft -f incremental-update.nft
 delete element ip filter client_to_any { 10.180.86.22 : goto CIn_1 }
 delete chain ip filter CIn_1
 ... Error: Could not process rule: Device or resource busy

The existing code is not well-integrated into the commit phase protocol,
since element deletions do not result in refcount decrement from the
preparation phase. This results in bogus EBUSY errors like the one
above.

Two new functions come with this patch:

* nft_set_elem_activate() function is used from the abort path, to
  restore the set element refcounting on objects that occurred from
  the preparation phase.

* nft_set_elem_deactivate() that is called from nft_del_setelem() to
  decrement set element refcounting on objects from the preparation
  phase in the commit protocol.

The nft_data_uninit() has been renamed to nft_data_release() since this
function does not uninitialize any data store in the data register,
instead just releases the references to objects. Moreover, a new
function nft_data_hold() has been introduced to be used from
nft_set_elem_activate().

Reported-by: Andreas Schultz <aschultz@tpip.net>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2017-05-15 12:51:41 +02:00
Documentation dmaengine updates for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-09 15:40:28 -07:00
arch bpf, arm64: fix faulty emission of map access in tail calls 2017-05-11 12:41:31 -04:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-05-06 11:25:08 -07:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
drivers vmxnet3: ensure that adapter is in proper state during force_close 2017-05-12 12:23:52 -04:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:12:53 -07:00
include netfilter: nf_tables: revisit chain/object refcounting from elements 2017-05-15 12:51:41 +02:00
init TTY/Serial patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-08 18:49:23 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel bpf: Handle multiple variable additions into packet pointers in verifier. 2017-05-11 19:48:58 -07:00
lib dmaengine updates for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-09 15:40:28 -07:00
mm Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:01:21 -07:00
net netfilter: nf_tables: revisit chain/object refcounting from elements 2017-05-15 12:51:41 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: run cleanup routines when receiving SIGTERM 2017-05-11 21:43:30 -04:00
scripts treewide: spelling: correct diffrent[iate] and banlance typos 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
security Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:12:53 -07:00
sound alsa: use set_memory.h header 2017-05-08 17:15:14 -07:00
tools bpf: Handle multiple variable additions into packet pointers in verifier. 2017-05-11 19:48:58 -07:00
usr initramfs: provide a way to ignore image provided by bootloader 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
virt Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-05-08 18:17:56 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
.mailmap Staging/IIO patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-05 18:16:23 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS ARM: SoC 64-bit changes 2017-05-09 10:04:17 -07:00
Makefile make help: add tools help target 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.