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| author |   Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> | 2010-03-19 17:32:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> | 2010-03-25 16:56:09 +0100 |
| commit | 4a5a5c73b7cfee46a0b1411903cfa0dea532deec (patch) | |
| tree | 3f7ef0def4adf3a01e15ab3a2a7231967b87bfee /net/netfilter/xt_state.c | |
| parent | netfilter: 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_state.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netfilter/xt_state.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_state.c b/net/netfilter/xt_state.c index 8e8c9df51784..2b75230d15ca 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/xt_state.c +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_state.c @@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ state_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_match_param *par) static int state_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par) { - if (nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get(par->family) < 0) { + int ret; + + ret = nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get(par->family); + if (ret < 0) { pr_info("cannot load conntrack support for proto=%u\n", par->family); - return -EINVAL; + return ret; } return 0; } |