netfilter: xt_connbytes: Force CT accounting to be enabled
Check at rule install time that CT accounting is enabled. Force it
to be enabled if not while also emitting a warning since this is not
the default state.
This is in preparation for deprecating CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT upon which
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES depended being set.
Added 2 CT accounting support functions:
nf_ct_acct_enabled() - Get CT accounting state.
nf_ct_set_acct() - Enable/disable CT accountuing.
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
index 7351783..5b13850 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@
if (ret < 0)
pr_info("cannot load conntrack support for proto=%u\n",
par->family);
+
+ /*
+ * This filter cannot function correctly unless connection tracking
+ * accounting is enabled, so complain in the hope that someone notices.
+ */
+ if (!nf_ct_acct_enabled(par->net)) {
+ pr_warning("Forcing CT accounting to be enabled\n");
+ nf_ct_set_acct(par->net, true);
+ }
+
return ret;
}