netfilter: ctnetlink: group errors into logical errno sets
authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:56:20 +0000 (15:56 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:56:20 +0000 (15:56 -0700)
This patch groups ctnetlink errors into three logical sets:

* Malformed messages: if ctnetlink receives a message without some mandatory
attribute, then it returns EINVAL.
* Unsupported operations: if userspace tries to perform an unsupported
operation, then it returns EOPNOTSUPP.
* Unchangeable: if userspace tries to change some attribute of the
conntrack object that can only be set once, then it returns EBUSY.

This patch reduces the number of -EINVAL from 23 to 14 and it results in
5 -EBUSY and 6 -EOPNOTSUPP.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c

index 0edefcf..13918c1 100644 (file)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * (C) 2001 by Jay Schulist <jschlst@samba.org>
  * (C) 2002-2006 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
  * (C) 2003 by Patrick Mchardy <kaber@trash.net>
- * (C) 2005-2007 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+ * (C) 2005-2008 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
  *
  * Initial connection tracking via netlink development funded and
  * generally made possible by Network Robots, Inc. (www.networkrobots.com)
@@ -891,20 +891,19 @@ ctnetlink_change_status(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nlattr *cda[])
 
        if (d & (IPS_EXPECTED|IPS_CONFIRMED|IPS_DYING))
                /* unchangeable */
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        if (d & IPS_SEEN_REPLY && !(status & IPS_SEEN_REPLY))
                /* SEEN_REPLY bit can only be set */
-               return -EINVAL;
-
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        if (d & IPS_ASSURED && !(status & IPS_ASSURED))
                /* ASSURED bit can only be set */
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        if (cda[CTA_NAT_SRC] || cda[CTA_NAT_DST]) {
 #ifndef CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 #else
                struct nf_nat_range range;
 
@@ -945,7 +944,7 @@ ctnetlink_change_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nlattr *cda[])
 
        /* don't change helper of sibling connections */
        if (ct->master)
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        err = ctnetlink_parse_help(cda[CTA_HELP], &helpname);
        if (err < 0)
@@ -963,7 +962,7 @@ ctnetlink_change_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nlattr *cda[])
 
        helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find_byname(helpname);
        if (helper == NULL)
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
        if (help) {
                if (help->helper == helper)
@@ -1258,12 +1257,12 @@ ctnetlink_new_conntrack(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
        if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL)) {
                /* we only allow nat config for new conntracks */
                if (cda[CTA_NAT_SRC] || cda[CTA_NAT_DST]) {
-                       err = -EINVAL;
+                       err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                        goto out_unlock;
                }
                /* can't link an existing conntrack to a master */
                if (cda[CTA_TUPLE_MASTER]) {
-                       err = -EINVAL;
+                       err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                        goto out_unlock;
                }
                err = ctnetlink_change_conntrack(nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h),
@@ -1608,7 +1607,7 @@ ctnetlink_del_expect(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
                h = __nf_conntrack_helper_find_byname(name);
                if (!h) {
                        spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
                for (i = 0; i < nf_ct_expect_hsize; i++) {
                        hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, n, next,