netfilter: nf_ct_helper: better logging for dropped packets
Connection tracking helpers have to drop packets under exceptional
situations. Currently, the user gets the following logging message
in case that happens:
nf_ct_%s: dropping packet ...
However, depending on the helper, there are different reasons why a
packet can be dropped.
This patch modifies the existing code to provide more specific
error message in the scope of each helper to help users to debug
the reason why the packet has been dropped, ie:
nf_ct_%s: dropping packet: reason ...
Thanks to Joe Perches for many formatting suggestions.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
index 3b20aa7..70985c5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
exp = nf_ct_expect_alloc(ct);
if (exp == NULL) {
+ nf_ct_helper_log(skb, ct,
+ "cannot alloc expectation");
ret = NF_DROP;
goto out;
}
@@ -210,8 +212,11 @@
addr_beg_p - ib_ptr,
addr_end_p - addr_beg_p,
exp);
- else if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp) != 0)
+ else if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp) != 0) {
+ nf_ct_helper_log(skb, ct,
+ "cannot add expectation");
ret = NF_DROP;
+ }
nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
goto out;
}