netfilter: x_tables: pass xt_counters struct to counter allocator
Keeps some noise away from a followup patch.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 0580029..be5e830 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1615,6 +1615,36 @@ void xt_proto_fini(struct net *net, u_int8_t af)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_proto_fini);
+/**
+ * xt_percpu_counter_alloc - allocate x_tables rule counter
+ *
+ * @counter: pointer to counter struct inside the ip(6)/arpt_entry struct
+ *
+ * On SMP, the packet counter [ ip(6)t_entry->counters.pcnt ] will then
+ * contain the address of the real (percpu) counter.
+ *
+ * Rule evaluation needs to use xt_get_this_cpu_counter() helper
+ * to fetch the real percpu counter.
+ *
+ * returns false on error.
+ */
+bool xt_percpu_counter_alloc(struct xt_counters *counter)
+{
+ void __percpu *res;
+
+ if (nr_cpu_ids <= 1)
+ return true;
+
+ res = __alloc_percpu(sizeof(struct xt_counters),
+ sizeof(struct xt_counters));
+ if (!res)
+ return false;
+
+ counter->pcnt = (__force unsigned long)res;
+ return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_percpu_counter_alloc);
+
void xt_percpu_counter_free(struct xt_counters *counters)
{
unsigned long pcnt = counters->pcnt;
