netfilter: conntrack: avoid zeroing timer
add a __nfct_init_offset annotation member to struct nf_conn to make
it clear which members are covered by the memset when the conntrack
is allocated.
This avoids zeroing timer_list and ct_net; both are already inited
explicitly.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
index c8a7db6..f0daed2 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
@@ -92,12 +92,18 @@
/* Have we seen traffic both ways yet? (bitset) */
unsigned long status;
- /* If we were expected by an expectation, this will be it */
- struct nf_conn *master;
-
/* Timer function; drops refcnt when it goes off. */
struct timer_list timeout;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
+ struct net *ct_net;
+#endif
+ /* all members below initialized via memset */
+ u8 __nfct_init_offset[0];
+
+ /* If we were expected by an expectation, this will be it */
+ struct nf_conn *master;
+
#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK)
u_int32_t mark;
#endif
@@ -108,9 +114,6 @@
/* Extensions */
struct nf_ct_ext *ext;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
- struct net *ct_net;
-#endif
/* Storage reserved for other modules, must be the last member */
union nf_conntrack_proto proto;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 2c69975..9ef88c8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -826,22 +826,19 @@
atomic_dec(&net->ct.count);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
- /*
- * Let ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].hnnode.next
- * and ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].hnnode.next unchanged.
- */
- memset(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_MAX], 0,
- offsetof(struct nf_conn, proto) -
- offsetof(struct nf_conn, tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_MAX]));
spin_lock_init(&ct->lock);
ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple = *orig;
ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].hnnode.pprev = NULL;
ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].tuple = *repl;
/* save hash for reusing when confirming */
*(unsigned long *)(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].hnnode.pprev) = hash;
+ ct->status = 0;
/* Don't set timer yet: wait for confirmation */
setup_timer(&ct->timeout, death_by_timeout, (unsigned long)ct);
write_pnet(&ct->ct_net, net);
+ memset(&ct->__nfct_init_offset[0], 0,
+ offsetof(struct nf_conn, proto) -
+ offsetof(struct nf_conn, __nfct_init_offset[0]));
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ZONES
if (zone) {
struct nf_conntrack_zone *nf_ct_zone;