From 999eaa241212d3952ddff39a99d0d55a74e3639e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lorenzo Colitti Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:55:02 +0900 Subject: iptables-restore: support acquiring the lock. Currently, ip[6]tables-restore does not perform any locking, so it is not safe to use concurrently with ip[6]tables. This patch makes ip[6]tables-restore wait for the lock if -w was specified. Arguments to -w and -W are supported in the same was as they are in ip[6]tables. The lock is not acquired on startup. Instead, it is acquired when a new table handle is created (on encountering '*') and released when the table is committed (COMMIT). This makes it possible to keep long-running iptables-restore processes in the background (for example, reading commands from a pipe opened by a system management daemon) and simultaneously run iptables commands. If -w is not specified, then the command proceeds without taking the lock. Tested as follows: 1. Run iptables-restore -w, and check that iptables commands work with or without -w. 2. Type "*filter" into the iptables-restore input. Verify that a) ip[6]tables commands without -w fail with "another app is currently holding the xtables lock...". b) ip[6]tables commands with "-w 2" fail after 2 seconds. c) ip[6]tables commands with "-w" hang until "COMMIT" is typed into the iptables-restore window. 3. With the lock held by an ip6tables-restore process: strace -e flock /tmp/iptables/sbin/iptables-restore -w 1 -W 100000 shows 11 calls to flock and fails. 4. Run an iptables-restore with -w and one without -w, and check: a) Type "*filter" in the first and then the second, and the second exits with an error. b) Type "*filter" in the second and "*filter" "-S" "COMMIT" into the first. The rules are listed only when the first copy sees "COMMIT". Signed-off-by: Narayan Kamath Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- iptables/xshared.h | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'iptables/xshared.h') diff --git a/iptables/xshared.h b/iptables/xshared.h index d8a697ae..539e6c24 100644 --- a/iptables/xshared.h +++ b/iptables/xshared.h @@ -86,7 +86,28 @@ extern struct xtables_match *load_proto(struct iptables_command_state *); extern int subcmd_main(int, char **, const struct subcommand *); extern void xs_init_target(struct xtables_target *); extern void xs_init_match(struct xtables_match *); -bool xtables_lock(int wait, struct timeval *wait_interval); + +/** + * Values for the iptables lock. + * + * A value >= 0 indicates the lock filedescriptor. Other values are: + * + * XT_LOCK_UNSUPPORTED : The system does not support locking, execution will + * proceed lockless. + * + * XT_LOCK_BUSY : The lock was held by another process. xtables_lock only + * returns this value when |wait| == false. If |wait| == true, xtables_lock + * will not return unless the lock has been acquired. + * + * XT_LOCK_NOT_ACQUIRED : We have not yet attempted to acquire the lock. + */ +enum { + XT_LOCK_BUSY = -1, + XT_LOCK_UNSUPPORTED = -2, + XT_LOCK_NOT_ACQUIRED = -3, +}; +extern int xtables_lock(int wait, struct timeval *tv); +extern void xtables_unlock(int lock); int parse_wait_time(int argc, char *argv[]); void parse_wait_interval(int argc, char *argv[], struct timeval *wait_interval); -- cgit v1.2.3