Re: [PATCH 4/9] netfilter: h323: eliminate anonymous module_init & module_exit

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Thu Mar 17 2022 - 11:50:08 EST


On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 12:20:05PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Eliminate anonymous module_init() and module_exit(), which can lead to
> confusion or ambiguity when reading System.map, crashes/oops/bugs,
> or an initcall_debug log.
>
> Give each of these init and exit functions unique driver-specific
> names to eliminate the anonymous names.
>
> Example 1: (System.map)
> ffffffff832fc78c t init
> ffffffff832fc79e t init
> ffffffff832fc8f8 t init
>
> Example 2: (initcall_debug log)
> calling init+0x0/0x12 @ 1
> initcall init+0x0/0x12 returned 0 after 15 usecs
> calling init+0x0/0x60 @ 1
> initcall init+0x0/0x60 returned 0 after 2 usecs
> calling init+0x0/0x9a @ 1
> initcall init+0x0/0x9a returned 0 after 74 usecs

LGTM.

Should I route this through the netfilter tree?

> Fixes: f587de0e2feb ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add H.323 helper port")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- lnx-517-rc8.orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c
> +++ lnx-517-rc8/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c
> @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn call
> };
>
> /****************************************************************************/
> -static int __init init(void)
> +static int __init nf_nat_h323_init(void)
> {
> BUG_ON(set_h245_addr_hook != NULL);
> BUG_ON(set_h225_addr_hook != NULL);
> @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int __init init(void)
> }
>
> /****************************************************************************/
> -static void __exit fini(void)
> +static void __exit nf_nat_h323_fini(void)
> {
> RCU_INIT_POINTER(set_h245_addr_hook, NULL);
> RCU_INIT_POINTER(set_h225_addr_hook, NULL);
> @@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ static void __exit fini(void)
> }
>
> /****************************************************************************/
> -module_init(init);
> -module_exit(fini);
> +module_init(nf_nat_h323_init);
> +module_exit(nf_nat_h323_fini);
>
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Jing Min Zhao <zhaojingmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H.323 NAT helper");