netfilter: conntrack: warn the user if there is a better helper to use
After db29a9508a
("netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for
known protocols"), if the specific helper is built but not loaded
(a standard for most distributions) systems with a restrictive firewall
but weak configuration regarding netfilter modules to load, will
silently stop working.
This patch then puts a warning message so the sysadmin knows where to
start looking into. It's a pr_warn_once regardless of protocol itself
but it should be enough to give a hint on where to look.
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ static int generic_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
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static bool generic_new(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct sk_buff *skb,
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unsigned int dataoff, unsigned int *timeouts)
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{
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return nf_generic_should_process(nf_ct_protonum(ct));
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bool ret;
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ret = nf_generic_should_process(nf_ct_protonum(ct));
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if (!ret)
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pr_warn_once("conntrack: generic helper won't handle protocol %d. Please consider loading the specific helper module.\n",
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nf_ct_protonum(ct));
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return ret;
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}
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#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK_TIMEOUT)
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