From: Changli Gao Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:26:32 +0000 (+0100) Subject: netfilter: xt_connlimit: remove connlimit_rnd_inited X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4656c4d61adb8dc3ee04c08f57a5cc7598814420;p=linux-beck.git netfilter: xt_connlimit: remove connlimit_rnd_inited A potential race condition when generating connlimit_rnd is also fixed. Signed-off-by: Changli Gao Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy --- diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c index da56d6ec13c9..c6d5a83450c9 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ struct xt_connlimit_data { }; static u_int32_t connlimit_rnd __read_mostly; -static bool connlimit_rnd_inited __read_mostly; static inline unsigned int connlimit_iphash(__be32 addr) { @@ -226,9 +225,13 @@ static int connlimit_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par) unsigned int i; int ret; - if (unlikely(!connlimit_rnd_inited)) { - get_random_bytes(&connlimit_rnd, sizeof(connlimit_rnd)); - connlimit_rnd_inited = true; + if (unlikely(!connlimit_rnd)) { + u_int32_t rand; + + do { + get_random_bytes(&rand, sizeof(rand)); + } while (!rand); + cmpxchg(&connlimit_rnd, 0, rand); } ret = nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get(par->family); if (ret < 0) {