[PATCH net-next v2] openvswitch: Allow attaching helper in later commit

[PATCH net-next v2] openvswitch: Allow attaching helper in later commit

[Yi-Hung Wei]

This patch allows to attach conntrack helper to a confirmed conntrack
entry.  Currently, we can only attach alg helper to a conntrack entry
when it is in the unconfirmed state.  This patch enables an use case
that we can firstly commit a conntrack entry after it passed some
initial conditions.  After that the processing pipeline will further
check a couple of packets to determine if the connection belongs to
a particular application, and attach alg helper to the connection
in a later stage.

Signed-off-by: Yi-Hung Wei <yihung.wei@gmail.com>
---
v1->v2, Use logical OR instead of bitwise OR as Dave suggested.

---
 net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index 05249eb45082..df9c80bf621d 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -971,6 +971,8 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 
 	ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
 	if (ct) {
+		bool add_helper = false;
+
 		/* Packets starting a new connection must be NATted before the
 		 * helper, so that the helper knows about the NAT.  We enforce
 		 * this by delaying both NAT and helper calls for unconfirmed
@@ -988,16 +990,17 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 		}
 
 		/* Userspace may decide to perform a ct lookup without a helper
-		 * specified followed by a (recirculate and) commit with one.
-		 * Therefore, for unconfirmed connections which we will commit,
-		 * we need to attach the helper here.
+		 * specified followed by a (recirculate and) commit with one,
+		 * or attach a helper in a later commit.  Therefore, for
+		 * connections which we will commit, we may need to attach
+		 * the helper here.
 		 */
-		if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) && info->commit &&
-		    info->helper && !nfct_help(ct)) {
+		if (info->commit && info->helper && !nfct_help(ct)) {
 			int err = __nf_ct_try_assign_helper(ct, info->ct,
 							    GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
+			add_helper = true;
 
 			/* helper installed, add seqadj if NAT is required */
 			if (info->nat && !nfct_seqadj(ct)) {
@@ -1007,11 +1010,13 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 		}
 
 		/* Call the helper only if:
-		 * - nf_conntrack_in() was executed above ("!cached") for a
-		 *   confirmed connection, or
+		 * - nf_conntrack_in() was executed above ("!cached") or a
+		 *   helper was just attached ("add_helper") for a confirmed
+		 *   connection, or
 		 * - When committing an unconfirmed connection.
 		 */
-		if ((nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? !cached : info->commit) &&
+		if ((nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? !cached || add_helper :
+					      info->commit) &&
 		    ovs_ct_helper(skb, info->family) != NF_ACCEPT) {
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH net-next v2] openvswitch: Allow attaching helper in later commit

[David Miller]

From: Yi-Hung Wei <yihung.wei@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  4 Oct 2019 09:26:44 -0700

> This patch allows to attach conntrack helper to a confirmed conntrack
> entry.  Currently, we can only attach alg helper to a conntrack entry
> when it is in the unconfirmed state.  This patch enables an use case
> that we can firstly commit a conntrack entry after it passed some
> initial conditions.  After that the processing pipeline will further
> check a couple of packets to determine if the connection belongs to
> a particular application, and attach alg helper to the connection
> in a later stage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi-Hung Wei <yihung.wei@gmail.com>
> ---
> v1->v2, Use logical OR instead of bitwise OR as Dave suggested.

Applied.