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authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2006-03-20 18:03:59 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-03-20 18:03:59 -0800
commita24276924875802853b5bdc12c56d29f1c1bbc79 (patch)
tree5725689bf434004143ae875bbfee3d3d29ddcdb0
parentc4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 (diff)
[NETFILTER]: ctnetlink: avoid unneccessary event message generation
Avoid unneccessary event message generation by checking for netlink listeners before building a message. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h1
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c7
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c7
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c6
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 934a2479f160..9f5b12cf489b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ extern void nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr,
__res; \
})
+extern int nfnetlink_has_listeners(unsigned int group);
extern int nfnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, unsigned group,
int echo);
extern int nfnetlink_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u_int32_t pid, int flags);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index e0b5926c76f9..5ce2e3fc2c7f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -327,9 +327,10 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
group = NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_UPDATE;
} else
return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
- /* FIXME: Check if there are any listeners before, don't hurt performance */
-
+
+ if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(group))
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!skb)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index aef3cb41131f..5eadf009bb15 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -338,9 +338,10 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
group = NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_UPDATE;
} else
return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
- /* FIXME: Check if there are any listeners before, don't hurt performance */
-
+
+ if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(group))
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!skb)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index f6063e8f0050..b88e82a1a987 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ nfnetlink_check_attributes(struct nfnetlink_subsystem *subsys,
return 0;
}
+int nfnetlink_has_listeners(unsigned int group)
+{
+ return netlink_has_listeners(nfnl, group);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_has_listeners);
+
int nfnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, unsigned group, int echo)
{
gfp_t allocation = in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;