Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CE474772A7; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:48:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787248116; cv=none; b=h0XbEn+PPUFd3leNR525Xb68A7GScuw7zJmXyuFEZIg2ZqMixhhuzgAvPtjUsoxZ+aTBUm8atvGqSFDObBp4EsVA3wBbCrcZncaGJ0i26ObR/cJ4Zsg4bQmW+0vXaMrZ0QQx1VPezMehnzIZVUgvmoJ+4cWkEHWfoInFwYD+7AA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787248116; c=relaxed/simple; bh=7fp+f5aKz81x9lyR83e4y83PgQOXJnzF7DvAYLyXMHg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=jH1lnL8MWBjMc6l3ScapC2sluIwkuiz1AImQohj/5+HQspyzSOEg1hMJ/ViDjKHR5hbUhEOQrhbbM7+utlnZJA4Pbv1SxkOfe4MP6iPM0nYazQuX8NJB/YlfEonTc68/82S4talzusw67nyYjSTyx9aWNH4azoiPTqLNWBy6aLM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=J61n9lXq; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="J61n9lXq" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EA6AC1F000E9; Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:48:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1787248114; bh=zdLD9HCVf9QtGbKkqhU1jOizUAq5rC2l51D82keotQY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=J61n9lXqYLmy36VCZXPEtyL3b8zsCkBXVMETiTFL6d1WvGGqqKXpFezAtxxbyEsjT fHo+42VG7SIlekKOYS5+76jL416t8PmvrfNwh4k84vsPTOVK2I9Dum1MF6dC5hHmLP x7+IGKiFn0bVCw0K3CmIMTV+InyUKJG23kw+ktOU= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Florian Westphal , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.1 116/303] netfilter: nf_tables: drop unused 3rd argument from validate callback ops Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:54:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20260820145256.766252146@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260820145253.200766705@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260820145253.200766705@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Florian Westphal [ Upstream commit eaf9b2c875ece22768b78aa38da8b232e5de021b ] Since commit a654de8fdc18 ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix chain dependency validation") the validate() callback no longer needs the return pointer argument. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso Stable-dep-of: d07955dd34ec ("netfilter: nft_fib: reject fib expression on the netdev egress hook") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 3 +-- include/net/netfilter/nft_fib.h | 4 +--- include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h | 3 +-- include/net/netfilter/nft_reject.h | 3 +-- net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_compat.c | 6 ++---- net/netfilter/nft_fib.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_masq.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_meta.c | 6 ++---- net/netfilter/nft_nat.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_osf.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_queue.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_redir.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_reject.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_reject_inet.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_reject_netdev.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_rt.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_socket.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c | 3 +-- net/netfilter/nft_xfrm.c | 3 +-- 26 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h @@ -932,8 +932,7 @@ struct nft_expr_ops { int (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr); int (*validate)(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data); + const struct nft_expr *expr); bool (*reduce)(struct nft_regs_track *track, const struct nft_expr *expr); bool (*gc)(struct net *net, --- a/include/net/netfilter/nft_fib.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nft_fib.h @@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ nft_fib_is_loopback(const struct sk_buff int nft_fib_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr); int nft_fib_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr, const struct nlattr * const tb[]); -int nft_fib_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data); - +int nft_fib_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr); void nft_fib4_eval_type(const struct nft_expr *expr, struct nft_regs *regs, const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt); --- a/include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ void nft_meta_set_destroy(const struct n const struct nft_expr *expr); int nft_meta_set_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data); + const struct nft_expr *expr); bool nft_meta_get_reduce(struct nft_regs_track *track, const struct nft_expr *expr); --- a/include/net/netfilter/nft_reject.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nft_reject.h @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ struct nft_reject { extern const struct nla_policy nft_reject_policy[]; int nft_reject_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data); + const struct nft_expr *expr); int nft_reject_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr, --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c @@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ out: } static int nft_reject_bridge_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { return nft_chain_validate_hooks(ctx->chain, (1 << NF_BR_PRE_ROUTING) | (1 << NF_BR_LOCAL_IN)); --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -3538,7 +3538,6 @@ static void nf_tables_rule_release(const int nft_chain_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_chain *chain) { struct nft_expr *expr, *last; - const struct nft_data *data; struct nft_rule *rule; int err; @@ -3556,7 +3555,7 @@ int nft_chain_validate(const struct nft_ /* This may call nft_chain_validate() recursively, * callers that do so must increment ctx->level. */ - err = expr->ops->validate(ctx, expr, &data); + err = expr->ops->validate(ctx, expr); if (err < 0) return err; } --- a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c @@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ nla_put_failure: } static int nft_target_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { struct xt_target *target = expr->ops->data; unsigned int hook_mask = 0; @@ -610,8 +609,7 @@ static int nft_match_large_dump(struct s } static int nft_match_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { struct xt_match *match = expr->ops->data; unsigned int hook_mask = 0; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_fib.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_fib.c @@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nft_fib_policy); NFTA_FIB_F_MARK | NFTA_FIB_F_IIF | NFTA_FIB_F_OIF | \ NFTA_FIB_F_PRESENT) -int nft_fib_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) +int nft_fib_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr) { const struct nft_fib *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); unsigned int hooks; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c @@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ out: } static int nft_flow_offload_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { unsigned int hook_mask = (1 << NF_INET_FORWARD); --- a/net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c @@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ nla_put_failure: } static int nft_fwd_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { return nft_chain_validate_hooks(ctx->chain, (1 << NF_NETDEV_INGRESS) | (1 << NF_NETDEV_EGRESS)); --- a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c @@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ nla_put_failure: } static int nft_immediate_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **d) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { const struct nft_immediate_expr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); struct nft_ctx *pctx = (struct nft_ctx *)ctx; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c @@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ nla_put_failure: } static int nft_lookup_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **d) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { const struct nft_lookup *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); struct nft_set_iter iter; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_masq.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_masq.c @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nft_masq_ }; static int nft_masq_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { int err; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c @@ -581,8 +581,7 @@ static int nft_meta_get_validate_xfrm(co } static int nft_meta_get_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { const struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); @@ -600,8 +599,7 @@ static int nft_meta_get_validate(const s } int nft_meta_set_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); unsigned int hooks; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_nat.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_nat.c @@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nft_nat_p }; static int nft_nat_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { struct nft_nat *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); int err; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_osf.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_osf.c @@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ nla_put_failure: } static int nft_osf_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { unsigned int hooks; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_queue.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_queue.c @@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ static void nft_queue_sreg_eval(const st } static int nft_queue_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { static const unsigned int supported_hooks = ((1 << NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING) | (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) | --- a/net/netfilter/nft_redir.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_redir.c @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nft_redir }; static int nft_redir_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { int err; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_reject.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_reject.c @@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ const struct nla_policy nft_reject_polic EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_reject_policy); int nft_reject_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { return nft_chain_validate_hooks(ctx->chain, (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) | --- a/net/netfilter/nft_reject_inet.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_reject_inet.c @@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ static void nft_reject_inet_eval(const s } static int nft_reject_inet_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { return nft_chain_validate_hooks(ctx->chain, (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) | --- a/net/netfilter/nft_reject_netdev.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_reject_netdev.c @@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ out: } static int nft_reject_netdev_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { return nft_chain_validate_hooks(ctx->chain, (1 << NF_NETDEV_INGRESS)); } --- a/net/netfilter/nft_rt.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_rt.c @@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ nla_put_failure: return -1; } -static int nft_rt_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) +static int nft_rt_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr) { const struct nft_rt *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); unsigned int hooks; --- a/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c @@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ static bool nft_socket_reduce(struct nft } static int nft_socket_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { if (ctx->family != NFPROTO_IPV4 && ctx->family != NFPROTO_IPV6 && --- a/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c @@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ static void nft_synproxy_eval(const stru } static int nft_synproxy_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { if (ctx->family != NFPROTO_IPV4 && ctx->family != NFPROTO_IPV6 && --- a/net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c @@ -313,8 +313,7 @@ static int nft_tproxy_dump(struct sk_buf } static int nft_tproxy_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, - const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) + const struct nft_expr *expr) { if (ctx->family != NFPROTO_IPV4 && ctx->family != NFPROTO_IPV6 && --- a/net/netfilter/nft_xfrm.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_xfrm.c @@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ static int nft_xfrm_get_dump(struct sk_b return 0; } -static int nft_xfrm_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr, - const struct nft_data **data) +static int nft_xfrm_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr) { const struct nft_xfrm *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); unsigned int hooks;