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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h12
-rw-r--r--net/openvswitch/conntrack.c27
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
index 66d1c3ccfd8e..61b7d36dfe34 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -693,6 +693,17 @@ struct ovs_action_hash {
* nothing if the connection is already committed will check that the current
* packet is in conntrack entry's original direction. If directionality does
* not match, will delete the existing conntrack entry and commit a new one.
+ * @OVS_CT_ATTR_EVENTMASK: Mask of bits indicating which conntrack event types
+ * (enum ip_conntrack_events IPCT_*) should be reported. For any bit set to
+ * zero, the corresponding event type is not generated. Default behavior
+ * depends on system configuration, but typically all event types are
+ * generated, hence listening on NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_UPDATE events may get a lot
+ * of events. Explicitly passing this attribute allows limiting the updates
+ * received to the events of interest. The bit 1 << IPCT_NEW, 1 <<
+ * IPCT_RELATED, and 1 << IPCT_DESTROY must be set to ones for those events to
+ * be received on NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_NEW and NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_DESTROY groups,
+ * respectively. Remaining bits control the changes for which an event is
+ * delivered on the NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_UPDATE group.
*/
enum ovs_ct_attr {
OVS_CT_ATTR_UNSPEC,
@@ -704,6 +715,7 @@ enum ovs_ct_attr {
related connections. */
OVS_CT_ATTR_NAT, /* Nested OVS_NAT_ATTR_* */
OVS_CT_ATTR_FORCE_COMMIT, /* No argument */
+ OVS_CT_ATTR_EVENTMASK, /* u32 mask of IPCT_* events. */
__OVS_CT_ATTR_MAX
};
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index 58de4c2da673..4f7c3b5c080b 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ struct ovs_conntrack_info {
u8 commit : 1;
u8 nat : 3; /* enum ovs_ct_nat */
u8 force : 1;
+ u8 have_eventmask : 1;
u16 family;
+ u32 eventmask; /* Mask of 1 << IPCT_*. */
struct md_mark mark;
struct md_labels labels;
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED
@@ -1007,6 +1009,20 @@ static int ovs_ct_commit(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
if (!ct)
return 0;
+ /* Set the conntrack event mask if given. NEW and DELETE events have
+ * their own groups, but the NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_UPDATE group listener
+ * typically would receive many kinds of updates. Setting the event
+ * mask allows those events to be filtered. The set event mask will
+ * remain in effect for the lifetime of the connection unless changed
+ * by a further CT action with both the commit flag and the eventmask
+ * option. */
+ if (info->have_eventmask) {
+ struct nf_conntrack_ecache *cache = nf_ct_ecache_find(ct);
+
+ if (cache)
+ cache->ctmask = info->eventmask;
+ }
+
/* Apply changes before confirming the connection so that the initial
* conntrack NEW netlink event carries the values given in the CT
* action.
@@ -1238,6 +1254,8 @@ static const struct ovs_ct_len_tbl ovs_ct_attr_lens[OVS_CT_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
/* NAT length is checked when parsing the nested attributes. */
[OVS_CT_ATTR_NAT] = { .minlen = 0, .maxlen = INT_MAX },
#endif
+ [OVS_CT_ATTR_EVENTMASK] = { .minlen = sizeof(u32),
+ .maxlen = sizeof(u32) },
};
static int parse_ct(const struct nlattr *attr, struct ovs_conntrack_info *info,
@@ -1316,6 +1334,11 @@ static int parse_ct(const struct nlattr *attr, struct ovs_conntrack_info *info,
break;
}
#endif
+ case OVS_CT_ATTR_EVENTMASK:
+ info->have_eventmask = true;
+ info->eventmask = nla_get_u32(a);
+ break;
+
default:
OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown conntrack attr (%d)",
type);
@@ -1515,6 +1538,10 @@ int ovs_ct_action_to_attr(const struct ovs_conntrack_info *ct_info,
ct_info->helper->name))
return -EMSGSIZE;
}
+ if (ct_info->have_eventmask &&
+ nla_put_u32(skb, OVS_CT_ATTR_EVENTMASK, ct_info->eventmask))
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED
if (ct_info->nat && !ovs_ct_nat_to_attr(ct_info, skb))
return -EMSGSIZE;