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authorJan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>2010-03-19 17:32:59 +0100
committerJan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>2010-03-25 16:56:09 +0100
commit4a5a5c73b7cfee46a0b1411903cfa0dea532deec (patch)
tree3f7ef0def4adf3a01e15ab3a2a7231967b87bfee /net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
parentnetfilter: xtables: change targets to return error code (diff)
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netfilter: xtables: slightly better error reporting
When extended status codes are available, such as ENOMEM on failed allocations, or subsequent functions (e.g. nf_ct_get_l3proto), passing them up to userspace seems like a good idea compared to just always EINVAL. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter/xt_recent.c')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/xt_recent.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 0994ff54a731..0d9f80b1dd9f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ static int recent_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
t = kzalloc(sizeof(*t) + sizeof(t->iphash[0]) * ip_list_hash_size,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (t == NULL)
+ if (t == NULL) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
+ }
t->refcnt = 1;
strcpy(t->name, info->name);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&t->lru_list);
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ static int recent_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
&recent_mt_fops, t);
if (pde == NULL) {
kfree(t);
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
pde->uid = ip_list_uid;