[PATCH net 11/13] netfilter: nf_tables: skip dead set elements in netlink dump

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de
Subject: [PATCH net 11/13] netfilter: nf_tables: skip dead set elements in netlink dump
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:17:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240118161726.14838-12-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240118161726.14838-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

Delete from packet path relies on the garbage collector to purge
elements with NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT on.

Skip these dead elements from nf_tables_dump_setelem() path, I very
rarely see tests/shell/testcases/maps/typeof_maps_add_delete reports
[DUMP FAILED] showing a mismatch in the expected output with an element
that should not be there.

If the netlink dump happens before GC worker run, it might show dead
elements in the ruleset listing.

nft_rhash_get() already skips dead elements in nft_rhash_cmp(),
therefore, it already does not show the element when getting a single
element via netlink control plane.

Fixes: 5f68718b34a5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index e9fa4a32c093..88a6a858383b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5718,7 +5718,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem_priv);
 	struct nft_set_dump_args *args;
 
-	if (nft_set_elem_expired(ext))
+	if (nft_set_elem_expired(ext) || nft_set_elem_is_dead(ext))
 		return 0;
 
 	args = container_of(iter, struct nft_set_dump_args, iter);
-- 
2.30.2

